#C4AC8A#C4AC8A

#C4AC8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.054 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC8A
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 138)
HSL	hsl(35, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 3.54, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 21.01, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0128 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.054 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1055, 43.0772, 30.1366)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC8A #8AA2C4

analogous

#C48F8A #C4AC8A #BFC48A

triadic

#C4AC8A #8AC4AC #AC8AC4

tetradic

#C4AC8A #8AC48F #8AA2C4 #C48ABF

square

#C4AC8A #8AC48F #8AA2C4 #C48ABF

split-complementary

#C4AC8A #8ABFC4 #8F8AC4

monochromatic

#8D7047 #AF8F61 #C4AC8A #D9C9B3 #EDE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4AC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C4AC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC8A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC8A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.054 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4ac',
    500: '#c4ac8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac8a;
$custom-light: #d6c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.05408,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC8A

secondary

#CBD3DF

accent

#69AC3A

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC8A

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

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