#C8A586#C8A586

#C8A586 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.059 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A586
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 134)
HSL	hsl(28, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 33%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 8.38, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 22.52, 68.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0267 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.059 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5785, 40.9127, 28.2565)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A586 #86A9C8

analogous

#C88688 #C8A586 #C8C686

triadic

#C8A586 #86C8A5 #A586C8

tetradic

#C8A586 #88C886 #86A9C8 #C686C8

square

#C8A586 #88C886 #86A9C8 #C686C8

split-complementary

#C8A586 #86C8C6 #8688C8

monochromatic

#916742 #B5865C #C8A586 #DBC4B0 #EEE4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A586

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A586	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)

#B0A784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.059 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfa9',
    500: '#c8a586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a586;
$custom-light: #dabfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.05931,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A586

secondary

#CAD6E0

accent

#76B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A586

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

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