#C8A897#C8A897

#C8A897 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.045 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A897
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 151)
HSL	hsl(21, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 9.06, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 15.96, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0289 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.045 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4084, 42.5206, 35.1929)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A897 #97B7C8

analogous

#C8979F #C8A897 #C8C197

triadic

#C8A897 #97C8A8 #A897C8

tetradic

#C8A897 #9FC897 #97B7C8 #C197C8

square

#C8A897 #9FC897 #97B7C8 #C197C8

split-complementary

#C8A897 #97C8C1 #979FC8

monochromatic

#96684F #B3876F #C8A897 #DDC9BF #F2EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8A897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8A897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A897

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A897	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.045 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c1b5',
    500: '#c8a897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a897;
$custom-light: #d9c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7554,
    "c": 0.04462,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A897

secondary

#D6E0E5

accent

#84AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A897

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

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