#C8ACA0#C8ACA0

#C8ACA0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.037 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ACA0
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(18, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 8.23, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 12.89, 50.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0263 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.037 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9172, 44.3238, 39.4402)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ACA0 #A0BCC8

analogous

#C8A0A8 #C8ACA0 #C8C0A0

triadic

#C8ACA0 #A0C8AC #ACA0C8

tetradic

#C8ACA0 #A8C8A0 #A0BCC8 #C0A0C8

square

#C8ACA0 #A8C8A0 #A0BCC8 #C0A0C8

split-complementary

#C8ACA0 #A0C8C0 #A0A8C8

monochromatic

#966A57 #B28A79 #C8ACA0 #DECEC7 #F4EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ACA0

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ACA0	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.037 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c4bc',
    500: '#c8aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aca0;
$custom-light: #d9c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.0369,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ACA0

secondary

#DCE4E7

accent

#87A540

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ACA0

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

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