#C8A279#C8A279

#C8A279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.071 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A279
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 8.42, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 27.92, 72.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0261 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.071 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1921, 39.5025, 23.5932)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A279 #799FC8

analogous

#C87A79 #C8A279 #C7C879

triadic

#C8A279 #79C8A2 #A279C8

tetradic

#C8A279 #79C87A #799FC8 #C879C7

square

#C8A279 #79C87A #799FC8 #C879C7

split-complementary

#C8A279 #79C7C8 #7A79C8

monochromatic

#8D653A #B6844E #C8A279 #DAC0A4 #ECDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A279

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A279	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)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.071 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabda0',
    500: '#c8a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a279;
$custom-light: #dabda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.139,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7369,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A279

secondary

#C0CEDD

accent

#70B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A279

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

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