#C8A378#C8A378

#C8A378 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.072 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A378
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 120)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 7.77, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 28.55, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0241 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.072 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3080, 39.8318, 23.3308)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A378 #789DC8

analogous

#C87B78 #C8A378 #C5C878

triadic

#C8A378 #78C8A3 #A378C8

tetradic

#C8A378 #78C87B #789DC8 #C878C5

square

#C8A378 #78C87B #789DC8 #C878C5

split-complementary

#C8A378 #78C5C8 #7B78C8

monochromatic

#8C6639 #B6854D #C8A378 #DAC1A3 #EBDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A378

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A378	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.072 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9f',
    500: '#c8a378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a378;
$custom-light: #dabe9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A378

secondary

#BFCDDC

accent

#6EB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A378

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

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