#C8A497#C8A497

#C8A497 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.047 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A497
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(16, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 11.24, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 16.24, 46.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0352 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.047 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6812, 41.0663, 34.9505)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A497 #97BBC8

analogous

#C897A3 #C8A497 #C8BD97

triadic

#C8A497 #97C8A4 #A497C8

tetradic

#C8A497 #A3C897 #97BBC8 #BD97C8

square

#C8A497 #A3C897 #97BBC8 #BD97C8

split-complementary

#C8A497 #97C8BD #97A3C8

monochromatic

#96624F #B3816F #C8A497 #DDC7BF #F2EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A497

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A497	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)

#ADA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.047 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb5',
    500: '#c8a497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a497;
$custom-light: #d9bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A497

secondary

#D6E1E5

accent

#8CAA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A497

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

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