#C8A399#C8A399

#C8A399 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.046 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A399
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 153)
HSL	hsl(13, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(13, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 12.07, 10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 15.89, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0376 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.046 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6668, 40.7753, 35.7538)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A399 #99BEC8

analogous

#C899A7 #C8A399 #C8BB99

triadic

#C8A399 #99C8A3 #A399C8

tetradic

#C8A399 #A7C899 #99BEC8 #BB99C8

square

#C8A399 #A7C899 #99BEC8 #BB99C8

split-complementary

#C8A399 #99C8BB #99A7C8

monochromatic

#965F51 #B37F71 #C8A399 #DDC7C1 #F3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A399

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A399	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.046 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beb7',
    500: '#c8a399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a399;
$custom-light: #d9beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A399

secondary

#D8E2E5

accent

#92A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A399

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

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