#C8B59A#C8B59A

#C8B59A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.043 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59A
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(35, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(35, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 23%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 2.50, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 16.43, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0099 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.043 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1762, 47.6614, 37.3327)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59A #9AADC8

analogous

#C89E9A #C8B59A #C4C89A

triadic

#C8B59A #9AC8B5 #B59AC8

tetradic

#C8B59A #9AC89E #9AADC8 #C89AC4

square

#C8B59A #9AC89E #9AADC8 #C89AC4

split-complementary

#C8B59A #9AC4C8 #9E9AC8

monochromatic

#967A52 #B29872 #C8B59A #DED2C2 #F3EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#C8B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59A	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.043 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbb7',
    500: '#c8b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59a;
$custom-light: #d9cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 29.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78211,
    "c": 0.04289,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59A

secondary

#D8DEE6

accent

#69A83D

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59A

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

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