#C8AC74#C8AC74

#C8AC74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.080 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC74
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 2.48, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 32.64, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0083 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.08 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7255, 43.0472, 22.6307)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC74 #7490C8

analogous

#C88274 #C8AC74 #BAC874

triadic

#C8AC74 #74C8AC #AC74C8

tetradic

#C8AC74 #74C882 #7490C8 #C874BA

square

#C8AC74 #74C882 #7490C8 #C874BA

split-complementary

#C8AC74 #74BAC8 #8274C8

monochromatic

#8B6F37 #B79248 #C8AC74 #D9C6A0 #EBE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8AC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC74

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC74	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.080 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac49c',
    500: '#c8ac74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac74;
$custom-light: #dac49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC74

secondary

#BCC7DB

accent

#5CB62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC74

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

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