#C8A489#C8A489

#C8A489 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.057 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A489
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(26, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 9.31, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 21.16, 63.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0295 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.057 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6110, 40.6382, 29.3142)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A489 #89ADC8

analogous

#C8898D #C8A489 #C8C389

triadic

#C8A489 #89C8A4 #A489C8

tetradic

#C8A489 #8DC889 #89ADC8 #C389C8

square

#C8A489 #8DC889 #89ADC8 #C389C8

split-complementary

#C8A489 #89C8C3 #898DC8

monochromatic

#926644 #B5845F #C8A489 #DBC4B3 #EFE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A489

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A489	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.057 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfab',
    500: '#c8a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a489;
$custom-light: #d9bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.05666,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A489

secondary

#CCD8E1

accent

#7BAF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A489

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

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