#C8A588#C8A588

#C8A588 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.057 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A588
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(27, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 32%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 8.63, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 21.66, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0275 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.057 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7193, 40.9690, 28.9980)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A588 #88ABC8

analogous

#C8888B #C8A588 #C8C588

triadic

#C8A588 #88C8A5 #A588C8

tetradic

#C8A588 #8BC888 #88ABC8 #C588C8

square

#C8A588 #8BC888 #88ABC8 #C588C8

split-complementary

#C8A588 #88C8C5 #888BC8

monochromatic

#926744 #B5855E #C8A588 #DBC5B2 #EFE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A588

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A588	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B0A786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.057 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfaa',
    500: '#c8a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a588;
$custom-light: #d9bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.188,
    "s": 36.782,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74596,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A588

secondary

#CBD7E0

accent

#78B036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A588

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

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