#C8A379#C8A379

#C8A379 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.071 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A379
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 121)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 7.88, 26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 28.09, 73.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0245 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.071 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3690, 39.8562, 23.6521)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A379 #799EC8

analogous

#C87B79 #C8A379 #C5C879

triadic

#C8A379 #79C8A3 #A379C8

tetradic

#C8A379 #79C87B #799EC8 #C879C5

square

#C8A379 #79C87B #799EC8 #C879C5

split-complementary

#C8A379 #79C5C8 #7B79C8

monochromatic

#8D663A #B6854E #C8A379 #DAC1A4 #ECDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A379

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A379	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)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.071 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabea0',
    500: '#c8a379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a379;
$custom-light: #dabea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.899,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A379

secondary

#C0CDDD

accent

#6FB531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A379

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

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