#C8A685#C8A685

#C8A685 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.060 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A685
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(30, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 7.71, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 23.09, 70.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0247 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.06 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6902, 41.2471, 27.9512)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A685 #85A7C8

analogous

#C88585 #C8A685 #C8C785

triadic

#C8A685 #85C8A6 #A685C8

tetradic

#C8A685 #85C885 #85A7C8 #C785C8

square

#C8A685 #85C885 #85A7C8 #C785C8

split-complementary

#C8A685 #85C8C7 #8585C8

monochromatic

#916941 #B5875B #C8A685 #DBC5AF #EEE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A685

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A685	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.060 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac0a8',
    500: '#c8a685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a685;
$custom-light: #dac0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A685

secondary

#C9D5E0

accent

#74B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A685

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

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