#C8A296#C8A296

#C8A296 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.048 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A296
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 12.18, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 16.78, 43.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.038 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.048 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2453, 40.3238, 34.4062)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A296 #96BCC8

analogous

#C896A3 #C8A296 #C8BB96

triadic

#C8A296 #96C8A2 #A296C8

tetradic

#C8A296 #A3C896 #96BCC8 #BB96C8

square

#C8A296 #A3C896 #96BCC8 #BB96C8

split-complementary

#C8A296 #96C8BB #96A3C8

monochromatic

#955F4E #B37E6E #C8A296 #DDC6BE #F2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A296

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A296	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.048 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdb4',
    500: '#c8a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a296;
$custom-light: #d9bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7434,
    "c": 0.04839,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A296

secondary

#D5E1E4

accent

#8FAA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A296

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

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