#C4A28E#C4A28E

#C4A28E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.049 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A28E
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 142)
HSL	hsl(22, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 27.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 9.50, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 17.84, 57.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0302 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.049 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5683, 39.5310, 31.0793)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A28E #8EB0C4

analogous

#C48E95 #C4A28E #C4BD8E

triadic

#C4A28E #8EC4A2 #A28EC4

tetradic

#C4A28E #95C48E #8EB0C4 #BD8EC4

square

#C4A28E #95C48E #8EB0C4 #BD8EC4

split-complementary

#C4A28E #8EC4BD #8E95C4

monochromatic

#8E634A #AF8166 #C4A28E #D9C3B6 #EEE4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C4A28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C4A28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A28E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A28E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.049 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bdaf',
    500: '#c4a28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a28e;
$custom-light: #d6bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 31.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7375,
    "c": 0.04917,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A28E

secondary

#CED9E0

accent

#81AA3B

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A28E

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