#C8A48E#C8A48E

#C8A48E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.053 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A48E
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(23, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(23, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 29%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 9.97, 16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 19.19, 58.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0316 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.053 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9780, 40.7850, 31.2471)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A48E #8EB2C8

analogous

#C88E95 #C8A48E #C8C18E

triadic

#C8A48E #8EC8A4 #A48EC8

tetradic

#C8A48E #95C88E #8EB2C8 #C18EC8

square

#C8A48E #95C88E #8EB2C8 #C18EC8

split-complementary

#C8A48E #8EC8C1 #8E95C8

monochromatic

#946548 #B48365 #C8A48E #DCC5B7 #F0E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C8A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A48E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A48E	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.053 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfaf',
    500: '#c8a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a48e;
$custom-light: #d9bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.05257,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A48E

secondary

#D0DBE2

accent

#81AD38

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A48E

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