#C8A189#C8A189

#C8A189 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.057 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A189
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(23, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 10.94, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 21.03, 58.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0343 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.057 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0805, 39.5771, 29.1373)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A189 #89B0C8

analogous

#C88990 #C8A189 #C8C089

triadic

#C8A189 #89C8A1 #A189C8

tetradic

#C8A189 #90C889 #89B0C8 #C089C8

square

#C8A189 #90C889 #89B0C8 #C089C8

split-complementary

#C8A189 #89C8C0 #8990C8

monochromatic

#926244 #B5805F #C8A189 #DBC2B3 #EFE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C8A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A189

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A189	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.057 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcab',
    500: '#c8a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a189;
$custom-light: #d9bcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A189

secondary

#CCD9E1

accent

#81AF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A189

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

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