#C8A979#C8A979

#C8A979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.073 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A979
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 4.64, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 29.35, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.015 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.073 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4597, 42.0376, 24.0157)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A979 #7998C8

analogous

#C88179 #C8A979 #BFC879

triadic

#C8A979 #79C8A9 #A979C8

tetradic

#C8A979 #79C881 #7998C8 #C879BF

square

#C8A979 #79C881 #7998C8 #C879BF

split-complementary

#C8A979 #79BFC8 #8179C8

monochromatic

#8D6C3A #B68D4E #C8A979 #DAC5A4 #ECE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C8A979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A979

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A979	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.073 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2a0',
    500: '#c8a979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a979;
$custom-light: #dac2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.456,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75088,
    "c": 0.07343,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A979

secondary

#C0CBDD

accent

#65B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A979

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

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