#C8A589#C8A589

#C8A589 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.057 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A589
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 137)
HSL	hsl(27, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 8.76, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 21.24, 65.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0279 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.057 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7907, 40.9976, 29.3741)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A589 #89ACC8

analogous

#C8898C #C8A589 #C8C489

triadic

#C8A589 #89C8A5 #A589C8

tetradic

#C8A589 #8CC889 #89ACC8 #C489C8

square

#C8A589 #8CC889 #89ACC8 #C489C8

split-complementary

#C8A589 #89C8C4 #898CC8

monochromatic

#926744 #B5855F #C8A589 #DBC5B3 #EFE5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C8A589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A589

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A589	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.057 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfab',
    500: '#c8a589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a589;
$custom-light: #d9bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74618,
    "c": 0.05659,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A589

secondary

#CCD8E1

accent

#79AF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A589

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

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