#C8A585#C8A585

#C8A585 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.060 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A585
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 133)
HSL	hsl(29, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 8.25, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 22.96, 68.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0263 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.06 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5091, 40.8849, 27.8909)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A585 #85A8C8

analogous

#C88586 #C8A585 #C8C785

triadic

#C8A585 #85C8A5 #A585C8

tetradic

#C8A585 #86C885 #85A8C8 #C785C8

square

#C8A585 #86C885 #85A8C8 #C785C8

split-complementary

#C8A585 #85C8C7 #8586C8

monochromatic

#916841 #B5865B #C8A585 #DBC4AF #EEE3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A585

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A585	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.060 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa8',
    500: '#c8a585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a585;
$custom-light: #dabfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.06024,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A585

secondary

#C9D5E0

accent

#76B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A585

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

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