#C8A490#C8A490

#C8A490 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.051 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A490
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(21, 34%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 28%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 10.25, 15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 18.46, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0324 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.051 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1295, 40.8456, 32.0450)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A490 #90B4C8

analogous

#C89098 #C8A490 #C8C090

triadic

#C8A490 #90C8A4 #A490C8

tetradic

#C8A490 #98C890 #90B4C8 #C090C8

square

#C8A490 #98C890 #90B4C8 #C090C8

split-complementary

#C8A490 #90C8C0 #9098C8

monochromatic

#946449 #B48267 #C8A490 #DCC6B9 #F1E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C8A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A490

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A490	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)

#AEA78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.051 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb0',
    500: '#c8a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a490;
$custom-light: #d9bfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 33.735,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.05107,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A490

secondary

#D1DCE3

accent

#83AD39

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A490

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

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