#C8A283#C8A283

#C8A283 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.062 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A283
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 131)
HSL	hsl(27, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 34.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 9.62, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 23.49, 65.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0302 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.062 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8375, 39.7606, 26.9918)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A283 #83A9C8

analogous

#C88386 #C8A283 #C8C583

triadic

#C8A283 #83C8A2 #A283C8

tetradic

#C8A283 #86C883 #83A9C8 #C583C8

square

#C8A283 #86C883 #83A9C8 #C583C8

split-complementary

#C8A283 #83C8C5 #8386C8

monochromatic

#916440 #B58259 #C8A283 #DBC2AD #EEE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A283 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A283

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A283	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)

#AEA481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.062 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabda7',
    500: '#c8a283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a283;
$custom-light: #dabda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.957,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A283

secondary

#C8D5DF

accent

#79B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A283

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

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