#C5BCAC#C5BCAC

#C5BCAC is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.024 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCAC
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(38, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 0.43, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 9.24, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0033 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.024 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4549, 50.8159, 46.2776)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCAC #ACB5C5

analogous

#C5B0AC #C5BCAC #C1C5AC

triadic

#C5BCAC #ACC5BC #BCACC5

tetradic

#C5BCAC #ACC5B0 #ACB5C5 #C5ACC1

square

#C5BCAC #ACC5B0 #ACB5C5 #C5ACC1

split-complementary

#C5BCAC #ACC1C5 #B0ACC5

monochromatic

#918165 #AC9F88 #C5BCAC #DED9D0 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C5BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCAC

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCAC	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.024 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0c4',
    500: '#c5bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcac;
$custom-light: #d6d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 17.73,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.0243,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCAC

secondary

#7C8799

accent

#679C49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141312

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCAC

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

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