#C8A978#C8A978

#C8A978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.074 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A978
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 4.53, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 29.84, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0146 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.074 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3987, 42.0132, 23.6944)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A978 #7897C8

analogous

#C88178 #C8A978 #BFC878

triadic

#C8A978 #78C8A9 #A978C8

tetradic

#C8A978 #78C881 #7897C8 #C878BF

square

#C8A978 #78C881 #7897C8 #C878BF

split-complementary

#C8A978 #78BFC8 #8178C8

monochromatic

#8C6C39 #B68D4D #C8A978 #DAC5A3 #EBE0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8A978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A978

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A978	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)

#B6A974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.074 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac29f',
    500: '#c8a978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a978;
$custom-light: #dac29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75069,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A978

secondary

#BFCBDC

accent

#64B530

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A978

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

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