#C8A397#C8A397

#C8A397 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.047 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A397
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(15, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 11.78, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 16.37, 43.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0368 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.047 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5030, 40.7098, 34.8911)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A397 #97BCC8

analogous

#C897A4 #C8A397 #C8BC97

triadic

#C8A397 #97C8A3 #A397C8

tetradic

#C8A397 #A4C897 #97BCC8 #BC97C8

square

#C8A397 #A4C897 #97BCC8 #BC97C8

split-complementary

#C8A397 #97C8BC #97A4C8

monochromatic

#96604F #B3806F #C8A397 #DDC6BF #F2EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A397

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A397	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)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.047 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beb5',
    500: '#c8a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a397;
$custom-light: #d9beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.0472,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A397

secondary

#D6E1E5

accent

#8FAA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A397

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

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