#C8A487#C8A487

#C8A487 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.058 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A487
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(27, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 9.05, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 21.99, 65.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0287 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.058 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4689, 40.5814, 28.5656)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A487 #87ABC8

analogous

#C8878A #C8A487 #C8C487

triadic

#C8A487 #87C8A4 #A487C8

tetradic

#C8A487 #8AC887 #87ABC8 #C487C8

square

#C8A487 #8AC887 #87ABC8 #C487C8

split-complementary

#C8A487 #87C8C4 #878AC8

monochromatic

#926643 #B5845D #C8A487 #DBC4B1 #EEE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A487

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A487	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.058 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfaa',
    500: '#c8a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a487;
$custom-light: #dabfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.769,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A487

secondary

#CBD7E0

accent

#79B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A487

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

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