#C8A297#C8A297

#C8A297 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.048 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A297
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 12.33, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 16.53, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0384 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.048 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3261, 40.3561, 34.8321)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A297 #97BDC8

analogous

#C897A5 #C8A297 #C8BB97

triadic

#C8A297 #97C8A2 #A297C8

tetradic

#C8A297 #A5C897 #97BDC8 #BB97C8

square

#C8A297 #A5C897 #97BDC8 #BB97C8

split-complementary

#C8A297 #97C8BB #97A5C8

monochromatic

#965F4F #B37E6F #C8A297 #DDC6BF #F2EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C8A297 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A297

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A297	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.048 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdb5',
    500: '#c8a297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a297;
$custom-light: #d9bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.469,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.04791,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A297

secondary

#D6E1E5

accent

#91AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A297

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

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