#C8A199#C8A199

#C8A199 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.048 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A199
RGB	rgb(200, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(10, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 13.17, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 16.31, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0408 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.048 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3145, 40.0707, 35.6363)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A199 #99C0C8

analogous

#C899A9 #C8A199 #C8B999

triadic

#C8A199 #99C8A1 #A199C8

tetradic

#C8A199 #A9C899 #99C0C8 #B999C8

square

#C8A199 #A9C899 #99C0C8 #B999C8

split-complementary

#C8A199 #99C8B9 #99A9C8

monochromatic

#965D51 #B37C71 #C8A199 #DDC6C1 #F3EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C8A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A199

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A199	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.048 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bcb7',
    500: '#c8a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a199;
$custom-light: #d9bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.213,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.04792,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A199

secondary

#D8E3E5

accent

#96A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A199

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

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