#C4B8AE#C4B8AE

#C4B8AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.020 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B8AE
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(27, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 2.53, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 7.07, 69.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0091 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.02 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5447, 49.0734, 47.0037)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B8AE #AEBAC4

analogous

#C4AEAF #C4B8AE #C4C3AE

triadic

#C4B8AE #AEC4B8 #B8AEC4

tetradic

#C4B8AE #AFC4AE #AEBAC4 #C3AEC4

square

#C4B8AE #AFC4AE #AEBAC4 #C3AEC4

split-complementary

#C4B8AE #AEC4C3 #AEAFC4

monochromatic

#8F7A68 #AA998B #C4B8AE #DED7D1 #F2EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C4B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B8AE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B8AE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.020 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cdc6',
    500: '#c4b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b8ae;
$custom-light: #d6cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78974,
    "c": 0.01956,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B8AE

secondary

#E3E6E8

accent

#769A4C

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF9F8

border

#D3D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B8AE

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

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