#C8B178#C8B178

#C8B178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.079 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B178
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 40%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 0.25, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 32.20, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0021 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.079 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9328, 45.0813, 24.2057)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B178 #788FC8

analogous

#C88978 #C8B178 #B7C878

triadic

#C8B178 #78C8B1 #B178C8

tetradic

#C8B178 #78C889 #788FC8 #C878B7

square

#C8B178 #78C889 #788FC8 #C878B7

split-complementary

#C8B178 #78B7C8 #8978C8

monochromatic

#8C7439 #B6984D #C8B178 #DACAA3 #EBE3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C8B178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B178

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B178	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.079 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac89f',
    500: '#c8b178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b178;
$custom-light: #dac89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B178

secondary

#BFC8DC

accent

#57B530

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B178

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

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