#C8A477#C8A477

#C8A477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.074 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A477
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 7.11, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 29.21, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0221 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.074 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4259, 40.1642, 23.0723)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A477 #779BC8

analogous

#C87B77 #C8A477 #C4C877

triadic

#C8A477 #77C8A4 #A477C8

tetradic

#C8A477 #77C87B #779BC8 #C877C4

square

#C8A477 #77C87B #779BC8 #C877C4

split-complementary

#C8A477 #77C4C8 #7B77C8

monochromatic

#8C6739 #B6874B #C8A477 #DAC1A3 #EBDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A477

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A477	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)

#B1A574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.074 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9e',
    500: '#c8a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a477;
$custom-light: #dabe9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A477

secondary

#BFCCDC

accent

#6BB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A477

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

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