#C8A573#C8A573

#C8A573 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A573
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 115)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 6.13, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 31.32, 78.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0189 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.078 76)
XYZ	xyz(40.3703, 40.4294, 21.8935)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A573 #7396C8

analogous

#C87B73 #C8A573 #C1C873

triadic

#C8A573 #73C8A5 #A573C8

tetradic

#C8A573 #73C87B #7396C8 #C873C1

square

#C8A573 #73C87B #7396C8 #C873C1

split-complementary

#C8A573 #73C1C8 #7B73C8

monochromatic

#8A6836 #B68948 #C8A573 #D9C19F #EBDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A573

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A573	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf9c',
    500: '#c8a573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a573;
$custom-light: #dabf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.40427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A573

secondary

#BCC9DB

accent

#67B72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A573

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

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