#C8A396#C8A396

#C8A396 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.048 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A396
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(16, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 11.64, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 16.64, 45.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0364 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.048 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4221, 40.6775, 34.4652)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A396 #96BBC8

analogous

#C896A2 #C8A396 #C8BC96

triadic

#C8A396 #96C8A3 #A396C8

tetradic

#C8A396 #A2C896 #96BBC8 #BC96C8

square

#C8A396 #A2C896 #96BBC8 #BC96C8

split-complementary

#C8A396 #96C8BC #96A2C8

monochromatic

#95614E #B3806E #C8A396 #DDC6BE #F2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A396

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A396	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.048 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beb4',
    500: '#c8a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a396;
$custom-light: #d9beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A396

secondary

#D5E0E4

accent

#8DAA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A396

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

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