#C8A799#C8A799

#C8A799 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.044 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A799
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(18, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 9.90, 11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 15.36, 49.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0313 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.044 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3882, 42.2183, 35.9942)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A799 #99BAC8

analogous

#C899A3 #C8A799 #C8BF99

triadic

#C8A799 #99C8A7 #A799C8

tetradic

#C8A799 #A3C899 #99BAC8 #BF99C8

square

#C8A799 #A3C899 #99BAC8 #BF99C8

split-complementary

#C8A799 #99C8BF #99A3C8

monochromatic

#966551 #B38571 #C8A799 #DDC9C1 #F3ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8A799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8A799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A799

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A799	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.044 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1b7',
    500: '#c8a799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a799;
$custom-light: #d9c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A799

secondary

#D8E1E5

accent

#89A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A799

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

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