#C8A488#C8A488

#C8A488 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.058 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A488
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(26, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 32%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 9.18, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 21.57, 64.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0291 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.058 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5396, 40.6097, 28.9382)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A488 #88ACC8

analogous

#C8888C #C8A488 #C8C488

triadic

#C8A488 #88C8A4 #A488C8

tetradic

#C8A488 #8CC888 #88ACC8 #C488C8

square

#C8A488 #8CC888 #88ACC8 #C488C8

split-complementary

#C8A488 #88C8C4 #888CC8

monochromatic

#926644 #B5845E #C8A488 #DBC4B2 #EFE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A488

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A488	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.058 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfaa',
    500: '#c8a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a488;
$custom-light: #d9bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 36.782,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74399,
    "c": 0.05753,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A488

secondary

#CBD7E0

accent

#7AB036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A488

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

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