#C8A972#C8A972

#C8A972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A972
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 3.87, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 32.79, 83.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0122 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.081 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0459, 41.8721, 21.8364)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A972 #7291C8

analogous

#C87E72 #C8A972 #BCC872

triadic

#C8A972 #72C8A9 #A972C8

tetradic

#C8A972 #72C87E #7291C8 #C872BC

square

#C8A972 #72C87E #7291C8 #C872BC

split-complementary

#C8A972 #72BCC8 #7E72C8

monochromatic

#8A6C36 #B68E47 #C8A972 #D9C49E #EADFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8A972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A972

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A972	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29b',
    500: '#c8a972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a972;
$custom-light: #dac29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.372,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74961,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A972

secondary

#BBC6DB

accent

#60B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A972

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

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