#C8A699#C8A699

#C8A699 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.044 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A699
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(17, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(17, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 10.44, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 15.45, 47.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0329 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.044 42)
XYZ	xyz(43.2058, 41.8533, 35.9334)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A699 #99BBC8

analogous

#C899A4 #C8A699 #C8BE99

triadic

#C8A699 #99C8A6 #A699C8

tetradic

#C8A699 #A4C899 #99BBC8 #BE99C8

square

#C8A699 #A4C899 #99BBC8 #BE99C8

split-complementary

#C8A699 #99C8BE #99A4C8

monochromatic

#966451 #B38371 #C8A699 #DDC9C1 #F3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A699

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A699	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.044 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0b7',
    500: '#c8a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a699;
$custom-light: #d9c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.04423,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.41852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A699

secondary

#D8E1E5

accent

#8BA93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A699

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

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