#C8B280#C8B280

#C8B280 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.071 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B280
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 0.65, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 28.49, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0038 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.071 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6369, 45.6802, 26.9364)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B280 #8096C8

analogous

#C88E80 #C8B280 #BAC880

triadic

#C8B280 #80C8B2 #B280C8

tetradic

#C8B280 #80C88E #8096C8 #C880BA

square

#C8B280 #80C88E #8096C8 #C880BA

split-complementary

#C8B280 #80BAC8 #8E80C8

monochromatic

#8F773E #B69855 #C8B280 #DACCAB #EDE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B280

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B280	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.071 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac8a5',
    500: '#c8b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b280;
$custom-light: #dac8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B280

secondary

#C5CDDE

accent

#5AB333

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B280

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

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