#C8A491#C8A491

#C8A491 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.050 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A491
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(21, 33%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 27.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 10.39, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 18.11, 55.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0328 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.05 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2063, 40.8763, 32.4493)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A491 #91B5C8

analogous

#C8919A #C8A491 #C8BF91

triadic

#C8A491 #91C8A4 #A491C8

tetradic

#C8A491 #9AC891 #91B5C8 #BF91C8

square

#C8A491 #9AC891 #91B5C8 #BF91C8

split-complementary

#C8A491 #91C8BF #919AC8

monochromatic

#94644A #B48268 #C8A491 #DCC6BA #F1E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C8A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A491

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A491	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)

#AEA790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.050 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb1',
    500: '#c8a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a491;
$custom-light: #d9bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.05034,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A491

secondary

#D2DDE3

accent

#84AC39

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF7F5

border

#D3D0CF

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A491

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

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