#C4ACA0#C4ACA0

#C4ACA0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.033 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4ACA0
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(20, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(20, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 18.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 6.73, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 11.52, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0218 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.033 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8626, 43.7800, 39.3907)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4ACA0 #A0B8C4

analogous

#C4A0A6 #C4ACA0 #C4BEA0

triadic

#C4ACA0 #A0C4AC #ACA0C4

tetradic

#C4ACA0 #A6C4A0 #A0B8C4 #BEA0C4

square

#C4ACA0 #A6C4A0 #A0B8C4 #BEA0C4

split-complementary

#C4ACA0 #A0C4BE #A0A6C4

monochromatic

#906C59 #AD8B7A #C4ACA0 #DBCDC6 #F3EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C4ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4ACA0

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4ACA0	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.033 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c4bc',
    500: '#c4aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aca0;
$custom-light: #d6c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4ACA0

secondary

#DBE2E5

accent

#82A244

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4ACA0

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

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