#C8A478#C8A478

#C8A478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.073 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A478
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 7.23, 27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 28.73, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0226 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.073 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4862, 40.1883, 23.3902)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A478 #789CC8

analogous

#C87C78 #C8A478 #C4C878

triadic

#C8A478 #78C8A4 #A478C8

tetradic

#C8A478 #78C87C #789CC8 #C878C4

square

#C8A478 #78C87C #789CC8 #C878C4

split-complementary

#C8A478 #78C4C8 #7C78C8

monochromatic

#8C6739 #B6874D #C8A478 #DAC1A3 #EBDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A478

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A478	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.073 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe9f',
    500: '#c8a478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a478;
$custom-light: #dabe9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A478

secondary

#BFCCDC

accent

#6CB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A478

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

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