#C5BCAE#C5BCAE

#C5BCAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.022 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5BCAE
RGB	rgb(197, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(37, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 0.76, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 8.25, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0042 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.022 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6485, 50.8934, 47.2968)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5BCAE #AEB7C5

analogous

#C5B0AE #C5BCAE #C2C5AE

triadic

#C5BCAE #AEC5BC #BCAEC5

tetradic

#C5BCAE #AEC5B0 #AEB7C5 #C5AEC2

square

#C5BCAE #AEC5B0 #AEB7C5 #C5AEC2

split-complementary

#C5BCAE #AEC2C5 #B0AEC5

monochromatic

#918168 #AB9F8A #C5BCAE #DFD9D2 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C5BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5BCAE

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5BCAE	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.022 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0c6',
    500: '#c5bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5bcae;
$custom-light: #d6d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79872,
    "c": 0.02187,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5BCAE

secondary

#7E8999

accent

#6A9B4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5BCAE

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

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