#C8A469#C8A469

#C8A469 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A469
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 105)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 5.64, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 35.93, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0165 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.088 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6462, 39.8523, 18.9659)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A469 #698DC8

analogous

#C87569 #C8A469 #BDC869

triadic

#C8A469 #69C8A4 #A469C8

tetradic

#C8A469 #69C875 #698DC8 #C869BD

square

#C8A469 #69C875 #698DC8 #C869BD

split-complementary

#C8A469 #69BDC8 #7569C8

monochromatic

#866631 #B28841 #C8A469 #D8BF96 #E9DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A469

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A469	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)

#B3A464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe95',
    500: '#c8a469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a469;
$custom-light: #dbbe95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A469

secondary

#B4C2D9

accent

#84D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A469

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

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