#C3BCAE#C3BCAE

#C3BCAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.021 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BCAE
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(40, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 10.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 0.03, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 7.96, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.002 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.021 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1281, 50.6251, 47.2724)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BCAE #AEB5C3

analogous

#C3B1AE #C3BCAE #C0C3AE

triadic

#C3BCAE #AEC3BC #BCAEC3

tetradic

#C3BCAE #AEC3B1 #AEB5C3 #C3AEC0

square

#C3BCAE #AEC3B1 #AEB5C3 #C3AEC0

split-complementary

#C3BCAE #AEC0C3 #B1AEC3

monochromatic

#8E8169 #A99F8B #C3BCAE #DDD9D1 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C3BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#C3BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BCAE

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BCAE	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.021 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0c6',
    500: '#c3bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bcae;
$custom-light: #d5d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79704,
    "c": 0.0209,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BCAE

secondary

#7E8797

accent

#66994C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BCAE

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

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