#C8A987#C8A987

#C8A987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.059 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A987
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(31, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 6.34, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 22.68, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0208 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.059 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3814, 42.4063, 28.8698)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A987 #87A6C8

analogous

#C88887 #C8A987 #C6C887

triadic

#C8A987 #87C8A9 #A987C8

tetradic

#C8A987 #87C888 #87A6C8 #C887C6

square

#C8A987 #87C888 #87A6C8 #C887C6

split-complementary

#C8A987 #87C6C8 #8887C8

monochromatic

#926C43 #B58B5D #C8A987 #DBC7B1 #EEE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8A987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C8A987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A987

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A987	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.059 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2aa',
    500: '#c8a987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a987;
$custom-light: #d9c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.385,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75369,
    "c": 0.05887,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A987

secondary

#CBD5E0

accent

#70B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A987

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

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