#C8A37E#C8A37E
#C8A37E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.067 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8A37E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 163, 126) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 40%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 37%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 37%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.46, 8.47, 24.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.46, 25.80, 70.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.99% 0.0266 0.0611) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.99% 0.067 66.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6836, 39.9820, 25.3090) |
| Luminance | 0.3998 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Camel
#C19A6B
ΔE00 3.87
Taupe (survey)
#B9A281
ΔE00 4.88
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 5.20
Mushroom
#BA9E88
ΔE00 5.23
Toupe
#C7AC7D
ΔE00 5.66
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8A37E #7EA3C8
analogous
#C87E7E #C8A37E #C8C87E
triadic
#C8A37E #7EC8A3 #A37EC8
tetradic
#C8A37E #7EC87E #7EA3C8 #C87EC8
square
#C8A37E #7EC87E #7EA3C8 #C87EC8
split-complementary
#C8A37E #7EC8C8 #7E7EC8
monochromatic
#8F663D #B68453 #C8A37E #DAC2A9 #EDE0D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#C8A37E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.00
#C8A37E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8A37E
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8A37E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8A37E | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFA57B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8AD7F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D49B99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8a37e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 126); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.067 66.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dabea3',
500: '#c8a37e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8a37e; $custom-light: #dabea3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8a37e",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 163,
"b": 126
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 40.217,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73988,
"c": 0.06665,
"h": 66.5
},
"luminance": 0.3998
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8A37E
secondary
#C4D1DE
accent
#73B332
background
#FDFBFA
surface
#FBF6F4
border
#D4D0CE
text
#15120F
muted
#83817F