#C8A580#C8A580

#C8A580 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.065 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A580
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 128)
HSL	hsl(31, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(31, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 7.63, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 25.20, 72.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0242 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.065 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1718, 40.7500, 26.1147)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A580 #80A3C8

analogous

#C88180 #C8A580 #C7C880

triadic

#C8A580 #80C8A5 #A580C8

tetradic

#C8A580 #80C881 #80A3C8 #C880C7

square

#C8A580 #80C881 #80A3C8 #C880C7

split-complementary

#C8A580 #80C7C8 #8180C8

monochromatic

#8F683E #B68755 #C8A580 #DAC3AB #EDE2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A580

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A580	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.065 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa5',
    500: '#c8a580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a580;
$custom-light: #dabfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.833,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.06501,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A580

secondary

#C5D2DE

accent

#71B333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A580

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

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