#C8A572#C8A572

#C8A572 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A572
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 114)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 6.02, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 31.80, 79.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0185 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.079 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3131, 40.4065, 21.5921)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A572 #7295C8

analogous

#C87A72 #C8A572 #C0C872

triadic

#C8A572 #72C8A5 #A572C8

tetradic

#C8A572 #72C87A #7295C8 #C872C0

square

#C8A572 #72C87A #7295C8 #C872C0

split-complementary

#C8A572 #72C0C8 #7A72C8

monochromatic

#8A6836 #B68947 #C8A572 #D9C19E #EADDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A572

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A572	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf9b',
    500: '#c8a572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a572;
$custom-light: #dabf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.07901,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A572

secondary

#BBC8DB

accent

#66B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A572

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

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