#C8A479#C8A479

#C8A479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.072 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A479
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 7.34, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 28.26, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.023 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.072 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5472, 40.2127, 23.7115)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A479 #799DC8

analogous

#C87C79 #C8A479 #C5C879

triadic

#C8A479 #79C8A4 #A479C8

tetradic

#C8A479 #79C87C #799DC8 #C879C5

square

#C8A479 #79C87C #799DC8 #C879C5

split-complementary

#C8A479 #79C5C8 #7C79C8

monochromatic

#8D673A #B6874E #C8A479 #DAC1A4 #ECDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A479

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A479	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)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.072 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabea0',
    500: '#c8a479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a479;
$custom-light: #dabea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.658,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.07168,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A479

secondary

#C0CDDD

accent

#6DB531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A479

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

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