#C8A669#C8A669

#C8A669 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.089 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A669
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 105)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 4.56, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 36.42, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0134 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.089 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0069, 40.5738, 19.0861)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A669 #698BC8

analogous

#C87769 #C8A669 #BBC869

triadic

#C8A669 #69C8A6 #A669C8

tetradic

#C8A669 #69C877 #698BC8 #C869BB

square

#C8A669 #69C877 #698BC8 #C869BB

split-complementary

#C8A669 #69BBC8 #7769C8

monochromatic

#866731 #B28A41 #C8A669 #D8C196 #E9DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A669

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A669	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.089 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc095',
    500: '#c8a669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a669;
$custom-light: #dbc095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74204,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A669

secondary

#B4C1D9

accent

#81D652

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A669

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

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