#C8A298#C8A298

#C8A298 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.047 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A298
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 152)
HSL	hsl(13, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 12.47, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 16.30, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0388 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.047 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4077, 40.3887, 35.2617)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A298 #98BEC8

analogous

#C898A6 #C8A298 #C8BA98

triadic

#C8A298 #98C8A2 #A298C8

tetradic

#C8A298 #A6C898 #98BEC8 #BA98C8

square

#C8A298 #A6C898 #98BEC8 #BA98C8

split-complementary

#C8A298 #98C8BA #98A6C8

monochromatic

#965E50 #B37E70 #C8A298 #DDC6C0 #F3EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A298

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A298	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.047 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdb6',
    500: '#c8a298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a298;
$custom-light: #d9bdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74391,
    "c": 0.04747,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A298

secondary

#D7E2E5

accent

#92A93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A298

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

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