#C8A581#C8A581

#C8A581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.064 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A581
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(30, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 7.75, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 24.74, 71.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0246 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.064 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2380, 40.7765, 26.4631)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A581 #81A4C8

analogous

#C88281 #C8A581 #C8C881

triadic

#C8A581 #81C8A5 #A581C8

tetradic

#C8A581 #81C882 #81A4C8 #C881C8

square

#C8A581 #81C882 #81A4C8 #C881C8

split-complementary

#C8A581 #81C8C8 #8281C8

monochromatic

#90683F #B58756 #C8A581 #DBC3AC #EDE2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A581

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A581	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B1A67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.064 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa5',
    500: '#c8a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a581;
$custom-light: #dabfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.423,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A581

secondary

#C6D2DF

accent

#72B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A581

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

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