#C8A472#C8A472

#C8A472 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.079 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A472
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 6.56, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 31.59, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0201 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.079 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1335, 40.0472, 21.5323)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A472 #7296C8

analogous

#C87972 #C8A472 #C1C872

triadic

#C8A472 #72C8A4 #A472C8

tetradic

#C8A472 #72C879 #7296C8 #C872C1

square

#C8A472 #72C879 #7296C8 #C872C1

split-complementary

#C8A472 #72C1C8 #7972C8

monochromatic

#8A6736 #B68747 #C8A472 #D9C09E #EADDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A472

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A472	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)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.079 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9b',
    500: '#c8a472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a472;
$custom-light: #dabe9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A472

secondary

#BBC8DB

accent

#68B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A472

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

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