#C8A574#C8A574

#C8A574 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.077 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A574
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 116)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 6.24, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 30.84, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0193 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.077 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4282, 40.4526, 22.1982)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A574 #7497C8

analogous

#C87B74 #C8A574 #C1C874

triadic

#C8A574 #74C8A5 #A574C8

tetradic

#C8A574 #74C87B #7497C8 #C874C1

square

#C8A574 #74C87B #7497C8 #C874C1

split-complementary

#C8A574 #74C1C8 #7B74C8

monochromatic

#8B6837 #B78948 #C8A574 #D9C1A0 #EBDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C8A574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A574

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A574	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)

#B3A670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.077 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf9c',
    500: '#c8a574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a574;
$custom-light: #dabf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.07699,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A574

secondary

#BCC9DB

accent

#67B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A574

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

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