#C8A49B#C8A49B

#C8A49B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.045 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A49B
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 155)
HSL	hsl(12, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 22.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 11.82, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 15.26, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0368 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.045 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0116, 41.1985, 36.6904)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A49B #9BBFC8

analogous

#C89BA9 #C8A49B #C8BB9B

triadic

#C8A49B #9BC8A4 #A49BC8

tetradic

#C8A49B #A9C89B #9BBFC8 #BB9BC8

square

#C8A49B #A9C89B #9BBFC8 #BB9BC8

split-complementary

#C8A49B #9BC8BB #9BA9C8

monochromatic

#966053 #B28074 #C8A49B #DEC8C2 #F3ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C8A49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A49B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A49B	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.045 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb8',
    500: '#c8a49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a49b;
$custom-light: #d9bfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.04463,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A49B

secondary

#D9E3E6

accent

#93A83E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A49B

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

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