#C8A697#C8A697

#C8A697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.045 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A697
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(18, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 10.15, 12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 16.05, 50.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0321 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.045 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0420, 41.7878, 35.0707)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A697 #97B9C8

analogous

#C897A1 #C8A697 #C8BF97

triadic

#C8A697 #97C8A6 #A697C8

tetradic

#C8A697 #A1C897 #97B9C8 #BF97C8

square

#C8A697 #A1C897 #97B9C8 #BF97C8

split-complementary

#C8A697 #97C8BF #97A1C8

monochromatic

#96654F #B3846F #C8A697 #DDC8BF #F2EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A697

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A697	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.045 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0b5',
    500: '#c8a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a697;
$custom-light: #d9c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.367,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75146,
    "c": 0.04545,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A697

secondary

#D6E0E5

accent

#88AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A697

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

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