#C8A495#C8A495

#C8A495 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.048 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A495
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(18, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 25.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 10.95, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 16.81, 49.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0344 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.048 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5202, 41.0019, 34.1023)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A495 #95B9C8

analogous

#C8959F #C8A495 #C8BD95

triadic

#C8A495 #95C8A4 #A495C8

tetradic

#C8A495 #9FC895 #95B9C8 #BD95C8

square

#C8A495 #9FC895 #95B9C8 #BD95C8

split-complementary

#C8A495 #95C8BD #959FC8

monochromatic

#95634D #B3816D #C8A495 #DDC7BD #F2E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C8A495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A495

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A495	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.048 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb4',
    500: '#c8a495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a495;
$custom-light: #d9bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 31.677,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.0477,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A495

secondary

#D5E0E4

accent

#8AAA3B

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A495

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

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