#C8A689#C8A689

#C8A689 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.057 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A689
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(28, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 8.22, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 21.34, 67.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0263 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.057 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9718, 41.3597, 29.4344)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A689 #89ABC8

analogous

#C8898B #C8A689 #C8C589

triadic

#C8A689 #89C8A6 #A689C8

tetradic

#C8A689 #8BC889 #89ABC8 #C589C8

square

#C8A689 #8BC889 #89ABC8 #C589C8

split-complementary

#C8A689 #89C8C5 #898BC8

monochromatic

#926844 #B5875F #C8A689 #DBC5B3 #EFE5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A689

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A689	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.057 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0ab',
    500: '#c8a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a689;
$custom-light: #d9c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.619,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.05658,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A689

secondary

#CCD7E1

accent

#78AF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A689

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

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