#C8A996#C8A996

#C8A996 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.045 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A996
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(23, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(23, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 8.38, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 16.33, 59.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0269 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.045 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5128, 42.8589, 34.8288)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A996 #96B5C8

analogous

#C8969C #C8A996 #C8C296

triadic

#C8A996 #96C8A9 #A996C8

tetradic

#C8A996 #9CC896 #96B5C8 #C296C8

square

#C8A996 #9CC896 #96B5C8 #C296C8

split-complementary

#C8A996 #96C8C2 #969CC8

monochromatic

#95694E #B3886E #C8A996 #DDCABE #F2EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C8A996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A996

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A996	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.045 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2b4',
    500: '#c8a996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a996;
$custom-light: #d9c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.8,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A996

secondary

#D5DFE4

accent

#80AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A996

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

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