#C8A494#C8A494

#C8A494 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.048 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A494
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(18, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 26%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 10.81, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 17.12, 50.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.034 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.048 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4407, 40.9701, 33.6837)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A494 #94B8C8

analogous

#C8949E #C8A494 #C8BE94

triadic

#C8A494 #94C8A4 #A494C8

tetradic

#C8A494 #9EC894 #94B8C8 #BE94C8

square

#C8A494 #9EC894 #94B8C8 #BE94C8

split-complementary

#C8A494 #94C8BE #949EC8

monochromatic

#95634D #B3826C #C8A494 #DDC6BC #F2E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A494

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A494	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.048 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb3',
    500: '#c8a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a494;
$custom-light: #d9bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 32.099,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7468,
    "c": 0.04832,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A494

secondary

#D4DFE4

accent

#88AB3B

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A494

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

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