#C8A49F#C8A49F

#C8A49F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.043 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A49F
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 159)
HSL	hsl(7, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(7, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 20.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 12.43, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 14.55, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0384 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.043 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3531, 41.3351, 38.4890)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A49F #9FC3C8

analogous

#C89FAE #C8A49F #C8B89F

triadic

#C8A49F #9FC8A4 #A49FC8

tetradic

#C8A49F #AEC89F #9FC3C8 #B89FC8

square

#C8A49F #AEC89F #9FC3C8 #B89FC8

split-complementary

#C8A49F #9FC8B8 #9FAEC8

monochromatic

#965E56 #B27F78 #C8A49F #DEC9C6 #F4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8A49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A49F

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A49F	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.043 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfbb',
    500: '#c8a49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a49f;
$custom-light: #d9bfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.04329,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A49F

secondary

#DCE6E7

accent

#99A640

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A49F

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

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