#C8A596#C8A596

#C8A596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.047 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A596
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(18, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 10.55, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 16.43, 50.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0332 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.047 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7800, 41.3933, 34.5845)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A596 #96B9C8

analogous

#C896A0 #C8A596 #C8BE96

triadic

#C8A596 #96C8A5 #A596C8

tetradic

#C8A596 #A0C896 #96B9C8 #BE96C8

square

#C8A596 #A0C896 #96B9C8 #BE96C8

split-complementary

#C8A596 #96C8BE #96A0C8

monochromatic

#95644E #B3836E #C8A596 #DDC7BE #F2EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A596

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A596	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.047 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb4',
    500: '#c8a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a596;
$custom-light: #d9bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.04657,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A596

secondary

#D5E0E4

accent

#89AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A596

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

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