#C8B481#C8B481

#C8B481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.071 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B481
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 35.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -0.29, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 28.66, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0012 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.071 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1039, 46.5083, 27.4184)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B481 #8195C8

analogous

#C89181 #C8B481 #B9C881

triadic

#C8B481 #81C8B4 #B481C8

tetradic

#C8B481 #81C891 #8195C8 #C881B9

square

#C8B481 #81C891 #8195C8 #C881B9

split-complementary

#C8B481 #81B9C8 #9181C8

monochromatic

#90793F #B59B56 #C8B481 #DBCDAC #EDE7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B481

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B481	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.071 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacaa6',
    500: '#c8b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b481;
$custom-light: #dacaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77474,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B481

secondary

#C6CDDF

accent

#57B233

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B481

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →