#C8A383#C8A383

#C8A383 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.062 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A383
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 131)
HSL	hsl(28, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 34.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 9.08, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 23.59, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0286 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.062 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0143, 40.1143, 27.0508)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A383 #83A8C8

analogous

#C88386 #C8A383 #C8C583

triadic

#C8A383 #83C8A3 #A383C8

tetradic

#C8A383 #86C883 #83A8C8 #C583C8

square

#C8A383 #86C883 #83A8C8 #C583C8

split-complementary

#C8A383 #83C8C5 #8386C8

monochromatic

#916540 #B58459 #C8A383 #DBC2AD #EEE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C8A383 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A383

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A383	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.062 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabea7',
    500: '#c8a383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a383;
$custom-light: #dabea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.06202,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A383

secondary

#C8D4DF

accent

#77B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A383

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

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