#C8A980#C8A980

#C8A980 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.066 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A980
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 128)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 5.47, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 25.97, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0179 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.066 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9046, 42.2156, 26.3590)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A980 #809FC8

analogous

#C88580 #C8A980 #C3C880

triadic

#C8A980 #80C8A9 #A980C8

tetradic

#C8A980 #80C885 #809FC8 #C880C3

square

#C8A980 #80C885 #809FC8 #C880C3

split-complementary

#C8A980 #80C3C8 #8580C8

monochromatic

#8F6C3E #B68C55 #C8A980 #DAC6AB #EDE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8A980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8A980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A980

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A980	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.066 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2a5',
    500: '#c8a980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a980;
$custom-light: #dac2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.167,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75224,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A980

secondary

#C5D0DE

accent

#6AB333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A980

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

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