#C8A99D#C8A99D

#C8A99D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.040 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A99D
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(17, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 9.40, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 14.02, 47.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0298 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.04 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0934, 43.0911, 37.8865)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A99D #9DBCC8

analogous

#C89DA6 #C8A99D #C8BF9D

triadic

#C8A99D #9DC8A9 #A99DC8

tetradic

#C8A99D #A6C89D #9DBCC8 #BF9DC8

square

#C8A99D #A6C89D #9DBCC8 #BF9DC8

split-complementary

#C8A99D #9DC8BF #9DA6C8

monochromatic

#966754 #B28776 #C8A99D #DECBC4 #F4EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8A99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A99D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A99D	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.040 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2b9',
    500: '#c8a99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a99d;
$custom-light: #d9c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.744,
    "s": 28.105,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.04024,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A99D

secondary

#DAE3E6

accent

#8AA73F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A99D

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

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