#C8A99F#C8A99F

#C8A99F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.039 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A99F
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 159)
HSL	hsl(15, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(15, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 20.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 9.71, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 13.48, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0306 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.039 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2655, 43.1599, 38.7931)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A99F #9FBEC8

analogous

#C89FA9 #C8A99F #C8BD9F

triadic

#C8A99F #9FC8A9 #A99FC8

tetradic

#C8A99F #A9C89F #9FBEC8 #BD9FC8

square

#C8A99F #A9C89F #9FBEC8 #BD9FC8

split-complementary

#C8A99F #9FC8BD #9FA9C8

monochromatic

#966656 #B28678 #C8A99F #DECCC6 #F4EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8A99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8A99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A99F

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A99F	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.039 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c2bb',
    500: '#c8a99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a99f;
$custom-light: #d9c2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7594,
    "c": 0.03915,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A99F

secondary

#DCE4E7

accent

#8DA640

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A99F

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

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