#C8B596#C8B596

#C8B596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.048 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B596
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 1.93, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 18.39, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% 0.0083 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.048 80)
XYZ	xyz(45.8486, 47.5304, 35.6073)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B596 #96A9C8

analogous

#C89C96 #C8B596 #C2C896

triadic

#C8B596 #96C8B5 #B596C8

tetradic

#C8B596 #96C89C #96A9C8 #C896C2

square

#C8B596 #96C89C #96A9C8 #C896C2

split-complementary

#C8B596 #96C2C8 #9C96C8

monochromatic

#957A4E #B3996E #C8B596 #DDD1BE #F2EEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C8B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B596

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B596	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.048 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbb5',
    500: '#c8b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b596;
$custom-light: #d9cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78118,
    "c": 0.0475,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.47529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B596

secondary

#D5DBE4

accent

#65AA3C

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B596

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

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