#C8A278#C8A278

#C8A278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.072 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A278
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 8.31, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 28.38, 72.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0257 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.072 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1311, 39.4781, 23.2719)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A278 #789EC8

analogous

#C87A78 #C8A278 #C6C878

triadic

#C8A278 #78C8A2 #A278C8

tetradic

#C8A278 #78C87A #789EC8 #C878C6

square

#C8A278 #78C87A #789EC8 #C878C6

split-complementary

#C8A278 #78C6C8 #7A78C8

monochromatic

#8C6539 #B6844D #C8A278 #DAC0A3 #EBDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A278

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A278	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.072 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd9f',
    500: '#c8a278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a278;
$custom-light: #dabd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73671,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A278

secondary

#BFCDDC

accent

#6FB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A278

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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