#C8A281#C8A281

#C8A281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.064 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A281
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(28, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 9.38, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 24.35, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0294 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.064 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7032, 39.7069, 26.2848)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A281 #81A7C8

analogous

#C88184 #C8A281 #C8C681

triadic

#C8A281 #81C8A2 #A281C8

tetradic

#C8A281 #84C881 #81A7C8 #C681C8

square

#C8A281 #84C881 #81A7C8 #C681C8

split-complementary

#C8A281 #81C8C6 #8184C8

monochromatic

#90643F #B58356 #C8A281 #DBC1AC #EDE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A281

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A281	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)

#AEA47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.064 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabda5',
    500: '#c8a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a281;
$custom-light: #dabda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.887,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.06383,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A281

secondary

#C6D3DF

accent

#77B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A281

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

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