#C8A372#C8A372

#C8A372 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.078 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A372
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 114)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 7.10, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 31.38, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0217 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.078 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9552, 39.6907, 21.4728)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A372 #7297C8

analogous

#C87872 #C8A372 #C2C872

triadic

#C8A372 #72C8A3 #A372C8

tetradic

#C8A372 #72C878 #7297C8 #C872C2

square

#C8A372 #72C878 #7297C8 #C872C2

split-complementary

#C8A372 #72C2C8 #7872C8

monochromatic

#8A6636 #B68647 #C8A372 #D9C09E #EADCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C8A372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A372

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A372	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)

#B1A46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.078 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9b',
    500: '#c8a372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a372;
$custom-light: #dabe9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.186,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73757,
    "c": 0.07835,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A372

secondary

#BBC9DB

accent

#69B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A372

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

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