#C8A99E#C8A99E

#C8A99E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.040 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A99E
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(16, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 9.55, 9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 13.74, 45.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0302 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.04 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1791, 43.1254, 38.3380)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A99E #9EBDC8

analogous

#C89EA8 #C8A99E #C8BE9E

triadic

#C8A99E #9EC8A9 #A99EC8

tetradic

#C8A99E #A8C89E #9EBDC8 #BE9EC8

square

#C8A99E #A8C89E #9EBDC8 #BE9EC8

split-complementary

#C8A99E #9EC8BE #9EA8C8

monochromatic

#966655 #B28677 #C8A99E #DECCC5 #F4EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A99E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A99E	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)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.040 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2ba',
    500: '#c8a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a99e;
$custom-light: #d9c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.714,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75914,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A99E

secondary

#DBE4E7

accent

#8BA63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A99E

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

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