#C8B486#C8B486

#C8B486 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.066 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B486
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 33%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 0.32, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 26.12, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0032 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.066 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4444, 46.6445, 29.2118)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B486 #869AC8

analogous

#C89386 #C8B486 #BBC886

triadic

#C8B486 #86C8B4 #B486C8

tetradic

#C8B486 #86C893 #869AC8 #C886BB

square

#C8B486 #86C893 #869AC8 #C886BB

split-complementary

#C8B486 #86BBC8 #9386C8

monochromatic

#917942 #B59A5C #C8B486 #DBCEB0 #EEE8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B486

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B486	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.066 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9caa9',
    500: '#c8b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b486;
$custom-light: #d9caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77572,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B486

secondary

#CAD1E0

accent

#5AB035

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#151310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B486

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

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