#C8AA72#C8AA72

#C8AA72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.081 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA72
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 3.33, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 33.06, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0107 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.081 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2327, 42.2456, 21.8987)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA72 #7290C8

analogous

#C87F72 #C8AA72 #BBC872

triadic

#C8AA72 #72C8AA #AA72C8

tetradic

#C8AA72 #72C87F #7290C8 #C872BB

square

#C8AA72 #72C87F #7290C8 #C872BB

split-complementary

#C8AA72 #72BBC8 #7F72C8

monochromatic

#8A6D36 #B68F47 #C8AA72 #D9C59E #EADFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8AA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA72

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA72	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)

#B8A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.081 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac39b',
    500: '#c8aa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa72;
$custom-light: #dac39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.07,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA72

secondary

#BBC6DB

accent

#5EB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA72

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

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