#C8A485#C8A485

#C8A485 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.060 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A485
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 133)
HSL	hsl(28, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 8.79, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 22.84, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0279 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.06 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3294, 40.5256, 27.8310)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A485 #85A9C8

analogous

#C88587 #C8A485 #C8C585

triadic

#C8A485 #85C8A4 #A485C8

tetradic

#C8A485 #87C885 #85A9C8 #C585C8

square

#C8A485 #87C885 #85A9C8 #C585C8

split-complementary

#C8A485 #85C8C5 #8587C8

monochromatic

#916641 #B5855B #C8A485 #DBC3AF #EEE3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C8A485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A485

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A485	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.060 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa8',
    500: '#c8a485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a485;
$custom-light: #dabfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.06021,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A485

secondary

#C9D5E0

accent

#77B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A485

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

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