#C8A874#C8A874

#C8A874 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.078 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A874
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 116)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 4.62, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 31.55, 81.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0146 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.078 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9757, 41.5475, 22.3807)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A874 #7494C8

analogous

#C87E74 #C8A874 #BEC874

triadic

#C8A874 #74C8A8 #A874C8

tetradic

#C8A874 #74C87E #7494C8 #C874BE

square

#C8A874 #74C87E #7494C8 #C874BE

split-complementary

#C8A874 #74BEC8 #7E74C8

monochromatic

#8B6B37 #B78D48 #C8A874 #D9C3A0 #EBDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8A874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A874

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A874	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.078 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac19c',
    500: '#c8a874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a874;
$custom-light: #dac19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A874

secondary

#BCC8DB

accent

#63B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A874

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

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