#C8A599#C8A599

#C8A599 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.045 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A599
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(15, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 10.98, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 15.57, 45.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0345 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.045 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0247, 41.4912, 35.8731)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A599 #99BCC8

analogous

#C899A5 #C8A599 #C8BD99

triadic

#C8A599 #99C8A5 #A599C8

tetradic

#C8A599 #A5C899 #99BCC8 #BD99C8

square

#C8A599 #A5C899 #99BCC8 #BD99C8

split-complementary

#C8A599 #99C8BD #99A5C8

monochromatic

#966251 #B38271 #C8A599 #DDC8C1 #F3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A599

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A599	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.045 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfb7',
    500: '#c8a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a599;
$custom-light: #d9bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.04484,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A599

secondary

#D8E2E5

accent

#8DA93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A599

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

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