#C8A39C#C8A39C

#C8A39C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.045 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A39C
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 156)
HSL	hsl(10, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 22%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 12.52, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 15.29, 35.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0388 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.045 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9177, 40.8757, 37.0751)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A39C #9CC1C8

analogous

#C89CAB #C8A39C #C8B99C

triadic

#C8A39C #9CC8A3 #A39CC8

tetradic

#C8A39C #ABC89C #9CC1C8 #B99CC8

square

#C8A39C #ABC89C #9CC1C8 #B99CC8

split-complementary

#C8A39C #9CC8B9 #9CABC8

monochromatic

#965E53 #B27E75 #C8A39C #DEC8C3 #F4ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A39C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C8A39C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A39C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A39C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A39C	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.045 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9beb9',
    500: '#c8a39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a39c;
$custom-light: #d9beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.545,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.04511,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A39C

secondary

#DAE4E6

accent

#97A73E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A39C

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

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