#C8A280#C8A280

#C8A280 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.065 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A280
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(28, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 9.25, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 24.78, 68.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.029 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.065 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6371, 39.6805, 25.9365)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A280 #80A6C8

analogous

#C88082 #C8A280 #C8C680

triadic

#C8A280 #80C8A2 #A280C8

tetradic

#C8A280 #82C880 #80A6C8 #C680C8

square

#C8A280 #82C880 #80A6C8 #C680C8

split-complementary

#C8A280 #80C8C6 #8082C8

monochromatic

#8F653E #B68355 #C8A280 #DAC1AB #EDE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A280

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A280	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.065 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabda5',
    500: '#c8a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a280;
$custom-light: #dabda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.06473,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A280

secondary

#C5D3DE

accent

#76B333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A280

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

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