#C8A385#C8A385

#C8A385 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.060 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A385
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 133)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 9.33, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 22.74, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0295 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.06 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1512, 40.1691, 27.7716)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A385 #85AAC8

analogous

#C88588 #C8A385 #C8C585

triadic

#C8A385 #85C8A3 #A385C8

tetradic

#C8A385 #88C885 #85AAC8 #C585C8

square

#C8A385 #88C885 #85AAC8 #C585C8

split-complementary

#C8A385 #85C8C5 #8588C8

monochromatic

#916541 #B5835B #C8A385 #DBC3AF #EEE3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A385

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A385	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.060 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabea8',
    500: '#c8a385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a385;
$custom-light: #dabea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A385

secondary

#C9D6E0

accent

#79B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A385

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

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