#C8A59F#C8A59F

#C8A59F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.042 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A59F
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 159)
HSL	hsl(9, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 20.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 11.88, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 14.28, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0369 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.042 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5328, 41.6944, 38.5489)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A59F #9FC2C8

analogous

#C89FAD #C8A59F #C8B99F

triadic

#C8A59F #9FC8A5 #A59FC8

tetradic

#C8A59F #ADC89F #9FC2C8 #B99FC8

square

#C8A59F #ADC89F #9FC2C8 #B99FC8

split-complementary

#C8A59F #9FC8B9 #9FADC8

monochromatic

#966056 #B28178 #C8A59F #DEC9C6 #F4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C8A59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A59F

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A59F	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.042 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfbb',
    500: '#c8a59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a59f;
$custom-light: #d9bfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75157,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A59F

secondary

#DCE5E7

accent

#97A640

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A59F

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

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