#C8A578#C8A578

#C8A578 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.073 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A578
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 120)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 6.69, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 28.93, 76.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.021 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.073 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6659, 40.5476, 23.4501)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A578 #789BC8

analogous

#C87D78 #C8A578 #C3C878

triadic

#C8A578 #78C8A5 #A578C8

tetradic

#C8A578 #78C87D #789BC8 #C878C3

square

#C8A578 #78C87D #789BC8 #C878C3

split-complementary

#C8A578 #78C3C8 #7D78C8

monochromatic

#8C6839 #B6884D #C8A578 #DAC2A3 #EBDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A578 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A578

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A578	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.073 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf9f',
    500: '#c8a578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a578;
$custom-light: #dabf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A578

secondary

#BFCCDC

accent

#6AB530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A578

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

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