#C8A381#C8A381

#C8A381 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.064 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A381
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 129)
HSL	hsl(29, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 8.83, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 24.46, 68.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0278 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.064 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8801, 40.0606, 26.3438)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A381 #81A6C8

analogous

#C88183 #C8A381 #C8C781

triadic

#C8A381 #81C8A3 #A381C8

tetradic

#C8A381 #83C881 #81A6C8 #C781C8

square

#C8A381 #83C881 #81A6C8 #C781C8

split-complementary

#C8A381 #81C8C7 #8183C8

monochromatic

#90663F #B58456 #C8A381 #DBC2AC #EDE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A381

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A381	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.064 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabea5',
    500: '#c8a381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a381;
$custom-light: #dabea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.732,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.06385,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A381

secondary

#C6D3DF

accent

#75B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A381

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

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