#C8A289#C8A289

#C8A289 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.057 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A289
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 137)
HSL	hsl(24, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 10.39, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 21.05, 60.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0327 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.057 55)
XYZ	xyz(41.2559, 39.9280, 29.1958)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A289 #89AFC8

analogous

#C8898F #C8A289 #C8C189

triadic

#C8A289 #89C8A2 #A289C8

tetradic

#C8A289 #8FC889 #89AFC8 #C189C8

square

#C8A289 #8FC889 #89AFC8 #C189C8

split-complementary

#C8A289 #89C8C1 #898FC8

monochromatic

#926344 #B5815F #C8A289 #DBC3B3 #EFE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C8A289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A289

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A289	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.057 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdab',
    500: '#c8a289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a289;
$custom-light: #d9bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.81,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.05699,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.39926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A289

secondary

#CCD9E1

accent

#7FAF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A289

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

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