#C4B8A6#C4B8A6

#C4B8A6 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.028 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B8A6
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 15%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 15.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 1.22, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 10.74, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0058 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.028 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7880, 48.7707, 43.0179)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B8A6 #A6B2C4

analogous

#C4A9A6 #C4B8A6 #C1C4A6

triadic

#C4B8A6 #A6C4B8 #B8A6C4

tetradic

#C4B8A6 #A6C4A9 #A6B2C4 #C4A6C1

square

#C4B8A6 #A6C4A9 #A6B2C4 #C4A6C1

split-complementary

#C4B8A6 #A6C1C4 #A9A6C4

monochromatic

#907D60 #AC9B81 #C4B8A6 #DCD5CB #F3F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C4B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B8A6

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B8A6	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.028 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cdc0',
    500: '#c4b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b8a6;
$custom-light: #d6cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 20.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78764,
    "c": 0.02837,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B8A6

secondary

#DFE2E7

accent

#6A9F47

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF9F7

border

#D3D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#838281

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B8A6

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

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