#C8A97E#C8A97E

#C8A97E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.068 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A97E
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 37%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 5.23, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 26.93, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0171 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.068 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7743, 42.1634, 25.6725)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A97E #7E9DC8

analogous

#C8847E #C8A97E #C2C87E

triadic

#C8A97E #7EC8A9 #A97EC8

tetradic

#C8A97E #7EC884 #7E9DC8 #C87EC2

square

#C8A97E #7EC884 #7E9DC8 #C87EC2

split-complementary

#C8A97E #7EC2C8 #847EC8

monochromatic

#8F6C3D #B68C53 #C8A97E #DAC6A9 #EDE2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8A97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A97E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A97E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A97B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.068 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2a3',
    500: '#c8a97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a97e;
$custom-light: #dac2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.865,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75184,
    "c": 0.06815,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A97E

secondary

#C4CFDE

accent

#68B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A97E

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

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