#C8A18C#C8A18C

#C8A18C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.055 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A18C
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 140)
HSL	hsl(21, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 30%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 11.34, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 19.93, 55.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0355 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.055 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2987, 39.6644, 30.2865)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A18C #8CB3C8

analogous

#C88C95 #C8A18C #C8BF8C

triadic

#C8A18C #8CC8A1 #A18CC8

tetradic

#C8A18C #95C88C #8CB3C8 #BF8CC8

square

#C8A18C #95C88C #8CB3C8 #BF8CC8

split-complementary

#C8A18C #8CC8BF #8C95C8

monochromatic

#936146 #B47F63 #C8A18C #DCC3B5 #F0E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C8A18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A18C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A18C	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.055 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcad',
    500: '#c8a18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a18c;
$custom-light: #d9bcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.05503,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A18C

secondary

#CEDBE2

accent

#85AE37

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A18C

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

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