#C8A696#C8A696

#C8A696 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.046 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A696
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(19, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 10.01, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 16.36, 52.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0317 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.046 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9611, 41.7554, 34.6449)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A696 #96B8C8

analogous

#C8969F #C8A696 #C8BF96

triadic

#C8A696 #96C8A6 #A696C8

tetradic

#C8A696 #9FC896 #96B8C8 #BF96C8

square

#C8A696 #9FC896 #96B8C8 #BF96C8

split-complementary

#C8A696 #96C8BF #969FC8

monochromatic

#95654E #B3846E #C8A696 #DDC8BE #F2EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A696

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A696	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.046 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0b4',
    500: '#c8a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a696;
$custom-light: #d9c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.0461,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A696

secondary

#D5E0E4

accent

#87AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A696

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

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