#C8A377#C8A377

#C8A377 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.073 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A377
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 119)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 7.65, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 29.02, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0237 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.073 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2476, 39.8077, 23.0129)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A377 #779CC8

analogous

#C87B77 #C8A377 #C4C877

triadic

#C8A377 #77C8A3 #A377C8

tetradic

#C8A377 #77C87B #779CC8 #C877C4

square

#C8A377 #77C87B #779CC8 #C877C4

split-complementary

#C8A377 #77C4C8 #7B77C8

monochromatic

#8C6639 #B6864B #C8A377 #DAC0A3 #EBDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A377

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A377	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.073 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9e',
    500: '#c8a377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a377;
$custom-light: #dabe9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A377

secondary

#BFCCDC

accent

#6DB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A377

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

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