#C8A591#C8A591

#C8A591 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.050 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A591
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(22, 33%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 27.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 9.84, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 18.10, 57.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0312 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.05 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3860, 41.2357, 32.5092)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A591 #91B4C8

analogous

#C89199 #C8A591 #C8C091

triadic

#C8A591 #91C8A5 #A591C8

tetradic

#C8A591 #99C891 #91B4C8 #C091C8

square

#C8A591 #99C891 #91B4C8 #C091C8

split-complementary

#C8A591 #91C8C0 #9199C8

monochromatic

#94654A #B48468 #C8A591 #DCC6BA #F1E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A591

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A591	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.050 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb1',
    500: '#c8a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a591;
$custom-light: #d9bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.05,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A591

secondary

#D2DDE3

accent

#82AC39

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF7F5

border

#D3D0CF

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A591

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

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