#C8A679#C8A679

#C8A679 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.072 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A679
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 121)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 6.26, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 28.66, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0198 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.072 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9080, 40.9342, 23.8318)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A679 #799BC8

analogous

#C87E79 #C8A679 #C3C879

triadic

#C8A679 #79C8A6 #A679C8

tetradic

#C8A679 #79C87E #799BC8 #C879C3

square

#C8A679 #79C87E #799BC8 #C879C3

split-complementary

#C8A679 #79C3C8 #7E79C8

monochromatic

#8D693A #B6894E #C8A679 #DAC3A4 #ECE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A679

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A679	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)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.072 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac0a0',
    500: '#c8a679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a679;
$custom-light: #dac0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.177,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A679

secondary

#C0CCDD

accent

#6AB531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A679

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

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