#C3BCAD#C3BCAD

#C3BCAD is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.022 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BCAD
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(41, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 11.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -0.14, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 8.47, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0016 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.022 86)
XYZ	xyz(48.0310, 50.5862, 46.7609)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BCAD #ADB4C3

analogous

#C3B1AD #C3BCAD #BFC3AD

triadic

#C3BCAD #ADC3BC #BCADC3

tetradic

#C3BCAD #ADC3B1 #ADB4C3 #C3ADBF

square

#C3BCAD #ADC3B1 #ADB4C3 #C3ADBF

split-complementary

#C3BCAD #ADBFC3 #B1ADC3

monochromatic

#8E8268 #A99F8A #C3BCAD #DDD9D0 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C3BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C3BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BCAD

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BCAD	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.022 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0c5',
    500: '#c3bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bcad;
$custom-light: #d5d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79677,
    "c": 0.02216,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.50586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BCAD

secondary

#7D8597

accent

#659A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BCAD

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

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