#C8B697#C8B697

#C8B697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.047 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B697
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 24.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 1.54, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 18.20, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0071 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.047 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1335, 47.9708, 36.1013)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B697 #97A9C8

analogous

#C89E97 #C8B697 #C2C897

triadic

#C8B697 #97C8B6 #B697C8

tetradic

#C8B697 #97C89E #97A9C8 #C897C2

square

#C8B697 #97C89E #97A9C8 #C897C2

split-complementary

#C8B697 #97C2C8 #9E97C8

monochromatic

#967C4F #B39A6F #C8B697 #DDD2BF #F2EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C8B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C8B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B697

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B697	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.047 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cbb5',
    500: '#c8b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b697;
$custom-light: #d9cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78344,
    "c": 0.04695,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B697

secondary

#D6DBE5

accent

#64AA3C

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B697

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

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