#C8A398#C8A398

#C8A398 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.047 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A398
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 152)
HSL	hsl(14, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 11.93, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 16.12, 42.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0372 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.047 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5845, 40.7424, 35.3206)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A398 #98BDC8

analogous

#C898A5 #C8A398 #C8BB98

triadic

#C8A398 #98C8A3 #A398C8

tetradic

#C8A398 #A5C898 #98BDC8 #BB98C8

square

#C8A398 #A5C898 #98BDC8 #BB98C8

split-complementary

#C8A398 #98C8BB #98A5C8

monochromatic

#966050 #B37F70 #C8A398 #DDC7C0 #F3EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A398

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A398	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.047 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beb6',
    500: '#c8a398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a398;
$custom-light: #d9beb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.75,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.04671,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A398

secondary

#D7E2E5

accent

#90A93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A398

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

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