#C8A499#C8A499

#C8A499 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.046 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A499
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(14, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(14, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 11.53, 10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 15.72, 42.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.036 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.046 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8450, 41.1318, 35.8132)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A499 #99BDC8

analogous

#C899A6 #C8A499 #C8BC99

triadic

#C8A499 #99C8A4 #A499C8

tetradic

#C8A499 #A6C899 #99BDC8 #BC99C8

square

#C8A499 #A6C899 #99BDC8 #BC99C8

split-complementary

#C8A499 #99C8BC #99A6C8

monochromatic

#966151 #B38171 #C8A499 #DDC7C1 #F3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A499

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A499	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.046 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb7',
    500: '#c8a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a499;
$custom-light: #d9bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.04552,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A499

secondary

#D8E2E5

accent

#8FA93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A499

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

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