#C8AE79#C8AE79

#C8AE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.076 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE79
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 1.96, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 30.74, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0072 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.076 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4077, 43.9336, 24.3317)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE79 #7993C8

analogous

#C88679 #C8AE79 #BAC879

triadic

#C8AE79 #79C8AE #AE79C8

tetradic

#C8AE79 #79C886 #7993C8 #C879BA

square

#C8AE79 #79C886 #7993C8 #C879BA

split-complementary

#C8AE79 #79BAC8 #8679C8

monochromatic

#8D713A #B6944E #C8AE79 #DAC8A4 #ECE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8AE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE79

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE79	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.076 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac6a0',
    500: '#c8ae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae79;
$custom-light: #dac6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.07615,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE79

secondary

#C0CADD

accent

#5CB531

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE79

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

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