#C8A57E#C8A57E
#C8A57E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.067 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8A57E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 165, 126) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 40%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 37%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 37%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.96, 7.39, 25.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.96, 26.12, 73.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.39% 0.0234 0.0627) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.39% 0.067 69.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.0415, 40.6979, 25.4283) |
| Luminance | 0.4070 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Camel
#C19A6B
ΔE00 3.79
Taupe (survey)
#B9A281
ΔE00 4.29
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 4.29
Toupe
#C7AC7D
ΔE00 4.47
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 4.78
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8A57E #7EA1C8
analogous
#C8807E #C8A57E #C6C87E
triadic
#C8A57E #7EC8A5 #A57EC8
tetradic
#C8A57E #7EC880 #7EA1C8 #C87EC6
square
#C8A57E #7EC880 #7EA1C8 #C87EC6
split-complementary
#C8A57E #7EC6C8 #807EC8
monochromatic
#8F683D #B68753 #C8A57E #DAC3A9 #EDE1D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#C8A57E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.14
#C8A57E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8A57E
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8A57E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8A57E | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.14 | 9.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A67B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAAE7F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D49D9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8a57e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 126); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.067 69.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dabfa3',
500: '#c8a57e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8a57e; $custom-light: #dabfa3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8a57e",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 165,
"b": 126
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.622,
"s": 40.217,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74385,
"c": 0.06697,
"h": 69.5
},
"luminance": 0.40696
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8A57E
secondary
#C4D0DE
accent
#6FB332
background
#FDFBFA
surface
#FBF7F4
border
#D4D0CE
text
#15120F
muted
#83817F