#C8A985#C8A985

#C8A985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A985
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 33.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 6.09, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 23.60, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.02 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.061 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2419, 42.3505, 28.1351)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A985 #85A4C8

analogous

#C88785 #C8A985 #C5C885

triadic

#C8A985 #85C8A9 #A985C8

tetradic

#C8A985 #85C887 #85A4C8 #C885C5

square

#C8A985 #85C887 #85A4C8 #C885C5

split-complementary

#C8A985 #85C5C8 #8785C8

monochromatic

#916C41 #B58B5B #C8A985 #DBC7AF #EEE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C8A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A985

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A985	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2a8',
    500: '#c8a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a985;
$custom-light: #d9c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.239,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.06089,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A985

secondary

#C9D4E0

accent

#6EB135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A985

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

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