#C8A873#C8A873

#C8A873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.079 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A873
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 115)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 42.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 4.51, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 32.04, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0142 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.079 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9178, 41.5243, 22.0760)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A873 #7393C8

analogous

#C87E73 #C8A873 #BEC873

triadic

#C8A873 #73C8A8 #A873C8

tetradic

#C8A873 #73C87E #7393C8 #C873BE

square

#C8A873 #73C87E #7393C8 #C873BE

split-complementary

#C8A873 #73BEC8 #7E73C8

monochromatic

#8A6B36 #B68D48 #C8A873 #D9C39F #EBDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8A873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A873

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A873	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.079 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac19c',
    500: '#c8a873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a873;
$custom-light: #dac19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.412,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A873

secondary

#BCC8DB

accent

#62B72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A873

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

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