#C8A282#C8A282

#C8A282 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.063 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A282
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 130)
HSL	hsl(27, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 35%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 9.50, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 23.92, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0298 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.063 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7700, 39.7337, 26.6366)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A282 #82A8C8

analogous

#C88285 #C8A282 #C8C582

triadic

#C8A282 #82C8A2 #A282C8

tetradic

#C8A282 #85C882 #82A8C8 #C582C8

square

#C8A282 #85C882 #82A8C8 #C582C8

split-complementary

#C8A282 #82C8C5 #8285C8

monochromatic

#90643F #B58258 #C8A282 #DBC2AD #EDE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A282

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A282	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.063 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabda6',
    500: '#c8a282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a282;
$custom-light: #dabda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A282

secondary

#C7D4DF

accent

#78B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A282

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

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