#C8A480#C8A480

#C8A480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.065 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A480
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(30, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 8.17, 23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 25.04, 70.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0258 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.065 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9922, 40.3907, 26.0549)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A480 #80A4C8

analogous

#C88080 #C8A480 #C8C880

triadic

#C8A480 #80C8A4 #A480C8

tetradic

#C8A480 #80C880 #80A4C8 #C880C8

square

#C8A480 #80C880 #80A4C8 #C880C8

split-complementary

#C8A480 #80C8C8 #8080C8

monochromatic

#8F673E #B68555 #C8A480 #DAC3AB #EDE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A480

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A480	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.065 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa5',
    500: '#c8a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a480;
$custom-light: #dabfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.06487,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A480

secondary

#C5D2DE

accent

#73B333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A480

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

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