#C8A879#C8A879

#C8A879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A879
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 5.18, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 29.11, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0166 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.073 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2744, 41.6670, 23.9539)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A879 #7999C8

analogous

#C88079 #C8A879 #C1C879

triadic

#C8A879 #79C8A8 #A879C8

tetradic

#C8A879 #79C880 #7999C8 #C879C1

square

#C8A879 #79C880 #7999C8 #C879C1

split-complementary

#C8A879 #79C1C8 #8079C8

monochromatic

#8D6B3A #B68C4E #C8A879 #DAC4A4 #ECE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8A879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A879

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A879	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac1a0',
    500: '#c8a879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a879;
$custom-light: #dac1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.696,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74887,
    "c": 0.07299,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A879

secondary

#C0CCDD

accent

#66B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A879

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

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