#C8AE86#C8AE86

#C8AE86 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.062 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE86
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 33%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 3.52, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 24.28, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0125 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.062 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2593, 44.2743, 28.8167)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE86 #86A0C8

analogous

#C88D86 #C8AE86 #C1C886

triadic

#C8AE86 #86C8AE #AE86C8

tetradic

#C8AE86 #86C88D #86A0C8 #C886C1

square

#C8AE86 #86C88D #86A0C8 #C886C1

split-complementary

#C8AE86 #86C1C8 #8D86C8

monochromatic

#917242 #B5925C #C8AE86 #DBCAB0 #EEE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE86

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE86	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.062 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c6a9',
    500: '#c8ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae86;
$custom-light: #d9c6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76353,
    "c": 0.06176,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE86

secondary

#CAD3E0

accent

#66B035

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#151310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE86

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

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