#C8A981#C8A981

#C8A981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.065 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A981
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 5.59, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 25.49, 77.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0183 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.065 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9708, 42.2420, 26.7074)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A981 #81A0C8

analogous

#C88681 #C8A981 #C4C881

triadic

#C8A981 #81C8A9 #A981C8

tetradic

#C8A981 #81C886 #81A0C8 #C881C4

square

#C8A981 #81C886 #81A0C8 #C881C4

split-complementary

#C8A981 #81C4C8 #8681C8

monochromatic

#906C3F #B58C56 #C8A981 #DBC6AC #EDE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8A981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8A981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A981

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A981	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.065 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2a6',
    500: '#c8a981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a981;
$custom-light: #dac2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.06502,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A981

secondary

#C6D1DF

accent

#6BB233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A981

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

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