#C3ACA0#C3ACA0

#C3ACA0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.032 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3ACA0
RGB	rgb(195, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(21, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 17.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 6.35, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 11.19, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0207 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.032 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6033, 43.6463, 39.3786)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3ACA0 #A0B7C3

analogous

#C3A0A6 #C3ACA0 #C3BEA0

triadic

#C3ACA0 #A0C3AC #ACA0C3

tetradic

#C3ACA0 #A6C3A0 #A0B7C3 #BEA0C3

square

#C3ACA0 #A6C3A0 #A0B7C3 #BEA0C3

split-complementary

#C3ACA0 #A0C3BE #A0A6C3

monochromatic

#8F6C5A #AB8B7A #C3ACA0 #DBCDC6 #F2EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C3ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C3ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3ACA0

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3ACA0	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.032 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c4bc',
    500: '#c3aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3aca0;
$custom-light: #d5c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76096,
    "c": 0.03173,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3ACA0

secondary

#DAE1E4

accent

#81A144

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3ACA0

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

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