#C8A486#C8A486

#C8A486 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.059 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A486
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 33%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 8.92, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 22.41, 66.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0283 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.059 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3988, 40.5533, 28.1966)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A486 #86AAC8

analogous

#C88689 #C8A486 #C8C586

triadic

#C8A486 #86C8A4 #A486C8

tetradic

#C8A486 #89C886 #86AAC8 #C586C8

square

#C8A486 #89C886 #86AAC8 #C586C8

split-complementary

#C8A486 #86C8C5 #8689C8

monochromatic

#916642 #B5845C #C8A486 #DBC4B0 #EEE3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A486

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A486	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.059 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa9',
    500: '#c8a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a486;
$custom-light: #dabfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.0593,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A486

secondary

#CAD6E0

accent

#78B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A486

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

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