#C8A977#C8A977

#C8A977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.076 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A977
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 119)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 4.42, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 30.33, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0142 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.076 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3383, 41.9891, 23.3764)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A977 #7796C8

analogous

#C88177 #C8A977 #BEC877

triadic

#C8A977 #77C8A9 #A977C8

tetradic

#C8A977 #77C881 #7796C8 #C877BE

square

#C8A977 #77C881 #7796C8 #C877BE

split-complementary

#C8A977 #77BEC8 #8177C8

monochromatic

#8C6C39 #B68D4B #C8A977 #DAC5A3 #EBE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8A977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A977

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A977	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.076 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29e',
    500: '#c8a977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a977;
$custom-light: #dac29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.037,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A977

secondary

#BFCADC

accent

#63B530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A977

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

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