#C8A483#C8A483

#C8A483 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.062 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A483
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 131)
HSL	hsl(29, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 34.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 8.54, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 23.71, 68.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0271 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.062 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1926, 40.4708, 27.1102)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A483 #83A7C8

analogous

#C88385 #C8A483 #C8C783

triadic

#C8A483 #83C8A4 #A483C8

tetradic

#C8A483 #85C883 #83A7C8 #C783C8

square

#C8A483 #85C883 #83A7C8 #C783C8

split-complementary

#C8A483 #83C8C7 #8385C8

monochromatic

#916740 #B58559 #C8A483 #DBC3AD #EEE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A483 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A483 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A483

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A483	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A483	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a483;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.062 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa7',
    500: '#c8a483',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a483;
$custom-light: #dabfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a483",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7429,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A483

secondary

#C8D4DF

accent

#75B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A483

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

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