#C8A496#C8A496

#C8A496 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.047 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A496
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(17, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(17, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 11.09, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 16.52, 47.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0348 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.047 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6004, 41.0340, 34.5246)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A496 #96BAC8

analogous

#C896A1 #C8A496 #C8BD96

triadic

#C8A496 #96C8A4 #A496C8

tetradic

#C8A496 #A1C896 #96BAC8 #BD96C8

square

#C8A496 #A1C896 #96BAC8 #BD96C8

split-complementary

#C8A496 #96C8BD #96A1C8

monochromatic

#95624E #B3816E #C8A496 #DDC7BE #F2EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A496

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A496	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.047 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb4',
    500: '#c8a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a496;
$custom-light: #d9bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A496

secondary

#D5E0E4

accent

#8BAA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A496

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

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