#C8A299#C8A299

#C8A299 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.047 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A299
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(11, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 12.62, 9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 16.08, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0392 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.047 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4899, 40.4216, 35.6948)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A299 #99BFC8

analogous

#C899A8 #C8A299 #C8BA99

triadic

#C8A299 #99C8A2 #A299C8

tetradic

#C8A299 #A8C899 #99BFC8 #BA99C8

square

#C8A299 #A8C899 #99BFC8 #BA99C8

split-complementary

#C8A299 #99C8BA #99A8C8

monochromatic

#965E51 #B37E71 #C8A299 #DDC6C1 #F3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C8A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A299

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A299	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)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.047 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bdb7',
    500: '#c8a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a299;
$custom-light: #d9bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74417,
    "c": 0.04706,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A299

secondary

#D8E3E5

accent

#94A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A299

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

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