#C8A975#C8A975

#C8A975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.078 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A975
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 117)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 41.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 4.19, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 31.31, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0134 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.078 80)
XYZ	xyz(41.2195, 41.9415, 22.7505)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A975 #7594C8

analogous

#C88075 #C8A975 #BEC875

triadic

#C8A975 #75C8A9 #A975C8

tetradic

#C8A975 #75C880 #7594C8 #C875BE

square

#C8A975 #75C880 #7594C8 #C875BE

split-complementary

#C8A975 #75BEC8 #8075C8

monochromatic

#8B6C37 #B78E49 #C8A975 #D9C4A1 #EBE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C8A975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A975

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A975	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.078 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29d',
    500: '#c8a975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a975;
$custom-light: #dac29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.59,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.4194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A975

secondary

#BDC9DC

accent

#62B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A975

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

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