#C8A498#C8A498

#C8A498 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.046 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A498
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(15, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 11.38, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 15.97, 44.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0356 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.046 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7628, 41.0989, 35.3800)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A498 #98BCC8

analogous

#C898A4 #C8A498 #C8BC98

triadic

#C8A498 #98C8A4 #A498C8

tetradic

#C8A498 #A4C898 #98BCC8 #BC98C8

square

#C8A498 #A4C898 #98BCC8 #BC98C8

split-complementary

#C8A498 #98C8BC #98A4C8

monochromatic

#966150 #B38170 #C8A498 #DDC7C0 #F3EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A498

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A498	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.046 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb6',
    500: '#c8a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a498;
$custom-light: #d9bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.04602,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A498

secondary

#D7E1E5

accent

#8EA93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A498

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

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