#C8A474#C8A474

#C8A474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.077 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A474
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 6.78, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 30.63, 77.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0209 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.077 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2485, 40.0932, 22.1384)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A474 #7498C8

analogous

#C87A74 #C8A474 #C2C874

triadic

#C8A474 #74C8A4 #A474C8

tetradic

#C8A474 #74C87A #7498C8 #C874C2

square

#C8A474 #74C87A #7498C8 #C874C2

split-complementary

#C8A474 #74C2C8 #7A74C8

monochromatic

#8B6737 #B78748 #C8A474 #D9C1A0 #EBDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C8A474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A474

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A474	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)

#B2A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.077 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9c',
    500: '#c8a474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a474;
$custom-light: #dabe9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A474

secondary

#BCCADB

accent

#69B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A474

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

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