#C8A998#C8A998

#C8A998 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.044 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A998
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(21, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 8.67, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 15.60, 56.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0277 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.044 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6752, 42.9238, 35.6842)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A998 #98B7C8

analogous

#C8989F #C8A998 #C8C198

triadic

#C8A998 #98C8A9 #A998C8

tetradic

#C8A998 #9FC898 #98B7C8 #C198C8

square

#C8A998 #9FC898 #98B7C8 #C198C8

split-complementary

#C8A998 #98C8C1 #989FC8

monochromatic

#966950 #B38870 #C8A998 #DDCAC0 #F3ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8A998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8A998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A998

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A998	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)

#B1AB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.044 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2b6',
    500: '#c8a998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a998;
$custom-light: #d9c2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.25,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.04356,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A998

secondary

#D7E0E5

accent

#83A93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A998

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

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