#C8B59C#C8B59C

#C8B59C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.041 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59C
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(34, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(34, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 22%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 2.79, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 15.47, 79.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.0107 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.041 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3441, 47.7286, 38.2173)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59C #9CAFC8

analogous

#C89F9C #C8B59C #C5C89C

triadic

#C8B59C #9CC8B5 #B59CC8

tetradic

#C8B59C #9CC89F #9CAFC8 #C89CC5

square

#C8B59C #9CC89F #9CAFC8 #C89CC5

split-complementary

#C8B59C #9CC5C8 #9F9CC8

monochromatic

#967953 #B29875 #C8B59C #DED2C3 #F4F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C8B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59C

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59C	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.041 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbb9',
    500: '#c8b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59c;
$custom-light: #d9cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59C

secondary

#DADFE6

accent

#6CA73E

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59C

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

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