#C8B59E#C8B59E

#C8B59E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.038 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59E
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(33, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(33, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 3.09, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 14.53, 77.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0116 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.038 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5149, 47.7969, 39.1165)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59E #9EB1C8

analogous

#C8A09E #C8B59E #C6C89E

triadic

#C8B59E #9EC8B5 #B59EC8

tetradic

#C8B59E #9EC8A0 #9EB1C8 #C89EC6

square

#C8B59E #9EC8A0 #9EB1C8 #C89EC6

split-complementary

#C8B59E #9EC6C8 #A09EC8

monochromatic

#967955 #B29777 #C8B59E #DED3C5 #F4F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C8B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59E	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.038 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbba',
    500: '#c8b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59e;
$custom-light: #d9cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78306,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59E

secondary

#DBE0E7

accent

#6EA63F

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59E

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

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