#C8A374#C8A374

#C8A374 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A374
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 116)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 7.32, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 30.43, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0225 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.076 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0703, 39.7367, 22.0789)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A374 #7499C8

analogous

#C87974 #C8A374 #C3C874

triadic

#C8A374 #74C8A3 #A374C8

tetradic

#C8A374 #74C879 #7499C8 #C874C3

square

#C8A374 #74C879 #7499C8 #C874C3

split-complementary

#C8A374 #74C3C8 #7974C8

monochromatic

#8B6637 #B78648 #C8A374 #D9C0A0 #EBDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A374

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A374	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)

#B1A471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9c',
    500: '#c8a374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a374;
$custom-light: #dabe9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.571,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A374

secondary

#BCCADB

accent

#6BB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A374

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

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