#C8A579#C8A579

#C8A579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A579
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 6.80, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 28.46, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0214 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.072 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7269, 40.5720, 23.7714)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A579 #799CC8

analogous

#C87D79 #C8A579 #C3C879

triadic

#C8A579 #79C8A5 #A579C8

tetradic

#C8A579 #79C87D #799CC8 #C879C3

square

#C8A579 #79C87D #799CC8 #C879C3

split-complementary

#C8A579 #79C3C8 #7D79C8

monochromatic

#8D683A #B6884E #C8A579 #DAC2A4 #ECDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A579

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A579	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa0',
    500: '#c8a579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a579;
$custom-light: #dabfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.418,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.07194,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A579

secondary

#C0CDDD

accent

#6BB531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A579

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

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