#C8A59E#C8A59E

#C8A59E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.043 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A59E
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(10, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 11.73, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 14.45, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0365 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.043 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4463, 41.6598, 38.0937)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A59E #9EC1C8

analogous

#C89EAC #C8A59E #C8BA9E

triadic

#C8A59E #9EC8A5 #A59EC8

tetradic

#C8A59E #ACC89E #9EC1C8 #BA9EC8

square

#C8A59E #ACC89E #9EC1C8 #BA9EC8

split-complementary

#C8A59E #9EC8BA #9EACC8

monochromatic

#966055 #B28177 #C8A59E #DEC9C5 #F4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8A59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A59E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A59E	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.043 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfba',
    500: '#c8a59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a59e;
$custom-light: #d9bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.04266,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A59E

secondary

#DBE5E7

accent

#95A63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A59E

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

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