#C8AC72#C8AC72

#C8AC72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC72
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 2.26, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 33.63, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0075 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.083 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6104, 43.0011, 22.0246)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC72 #728EC8

analogous

#C88172 #C8AC72 #B9C872

triadic

#C8AC72 #72C8AC #AC72C8

tetradic

#C8AC72 #72C881 #728EC8 #C872B9

square

#C8AC72 #72C881 #728EC8 #C872B9

split-complementary

#C8AC72 #72B9C8 #8172C8

monochromatic

#8A6E36 #B69247 #C8AC72 #D9C69E #EAE0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8AC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC72

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC72	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac49b',
    500: '#c8ac72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac72;
$custom-light: #dac49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC72

secondary

#BBC5DB

accent

#5BB72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC72

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

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