#C8A779#C8A779

#C8A779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.073 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A779
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 5.72, 28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 28.88, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0182 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.073 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0905, 41.2992, 23.8926)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A779 #799AC8

analogous

#C87F79 #C8A779 #C1C879

triadic

#C8A779 #79C8A7 #A779C8

tetradic

#C8A779 #79C87F #799AC8 #C879C1

square

#C8A779 #79C87F #799AC8 #C879C1

split-complementary

#C8A779 #79C1C8 #7F79C8

monochromatic

#8D6A3A #B68B4E #C8A779 #DAC3A4 #ECE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8A779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A779

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A779	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.073 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac1a0',
    500: '#c8a779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a779;
$custom-light: #dac1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.937,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.0726,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A779

secondary

#C0CCDD

accent

#68B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A779

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

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