#C4B8A1#C4B8A1

#C4B8A1 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.034 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B8A1
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(39, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 17.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 0.44, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 13.23, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0038 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.034 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3382, 48.5908, 40.6492)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B8A1 #A1ADC4

analogous

#C4A7A1 #C4B8A1 #BEC4A1

triadic

#C4B8A1 #A1C4B8 #B8A1C4

tetradic

#C4B8A1 #A1C4A7 #A1ADC4 #C4A1BE

square

#C4B8A1 #A1C4A7 #A1ADC4 #C4A1BE

split-complementary

#C4B8A1 #A1BEC4 #A7A1C4

monochromatic

#907E5A #AC9C7B #C4B8A1 #DCD4C7 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C4B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B8A1

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B8A1	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.034 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cdbc',
    500: '#c4b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b8a1;
$custom-light: #d6cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 22.876,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78638,
    "c": 0.03442,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B8A1

secondary

#DBDFE5

accent

#64A144

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF9F6

border

#D3D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#838281

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B8A1

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

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