#C8B59B#C8B59B

#C8B59B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.042 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59B
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(35, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(35, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 22.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 2.65, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 15.95, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0103 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.042 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2598, 47.6948, 37.7732)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59B #9BAEC8

analogous

#C89F9B #C8B59B #C4C89B

triadic

#C8B59B #9BC8B5 #B59BC8

tetradic

#C8B59B #9BC89F #9BAEC8 #C89BC4

square

#C8B59B #9BC89F #9BAEC8 #C89BC4

split-complementary

#C8B59B #9BC4C8 #9F9BC8

monochromatic

#967A53 #B29874 #C8B59B #DED2C2 #F3EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C8B59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59B	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.042 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbb8',
    500: '#c8b59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59b;
$custom-light: #d9cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78234,
    "c": 0.04177,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59B

secondary

#D9DEE6

accent

#6BA83E

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59B

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

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