#C8A587#C8A587

#C8A587 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.058 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A587
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 135)
HSL	hsl(28, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 8.50, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 22.09, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0271 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.058 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6486, 40.9407, 28.6255)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A587 #87AAC8

analogous

#C88789 #C8A587 #C8C587

triadic

#C8A587 #87C8A5 #A587C8

tetradic

#C8A587 #89C887 #87AAC8 #C587C8

square

#C8A587 #89C887 #87AAC8 #C587C8

split-complementary

#C8A587 #87C8C5 #8789C8

monochromatic

#926743 #B5865D #C8A587 #DBC4B1 #EEE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A587

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A587	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.058 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfaa',
    500: '#c8a587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a587;
$custom-light: #d9bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74574,
    "c": 0.05839,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A587

secondary

#CBD6E0

accent

#77B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A587

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

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