#C8B59F#C8B59F

#C8B59F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.037 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B59F
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(32, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(32, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 20.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 3.24, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 14.06, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.012 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.037 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6013, 47.8314, 39.5717)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B59F #9FB2C8

analogous

#C8A09F #C8B59F #C6C89F

triadic

#C8B59F #9FC8B5 #B59FC8

tetradic

#C8B59F #9FC8A0 #9FB2C8 #C89FC6

square

#C8B59F #9FC8A0 #9FB2C8 #C89FC6

split-complementary

#C8B59F #9FC6C8 #A09FC8

monochromatic

#967956 #B29778 #C8B59F #DED3C6 #F4F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C8B59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C8B59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B59F

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B59F	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.037 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbbb',
    500: '#c8b59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b59f;
$custom-light: #d9cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78331,
    "c": 0.03734,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B59F

secondary

#DCE1E7

accent

#6FA640

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B59F

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

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