#C8A997#C8A997

#C8A997 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.044 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A997
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(22, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 8.52, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 15.96, 57.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0273 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.044 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5937, 42.8912, 35.2547)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A997 #97B6C8

analogous

#C8979E #C8A997 #C8C297

triadic

#C8A997 #97C8A9 #A997C8

tetradic

#C8A997 #9EC897 #97B6C8 #C297C8

square

#C8A997 #9EC897 #97B6C8 #C297C8

split-complementary

#C8A997 #97C8C2 #979EC8

monochromatic

#96694F #B3886F #C8A997 #DDCABF #F2EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A997

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A997	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.044 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2b5',
    500: '#c8a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a997;
$custom-light: #d9c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.04432,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A997

secondary

#D6DFE5

accent

#81AA3C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A997

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

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