#C8B899#C8B899

#C8B899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.046 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B899
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 0.76, 17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 17.85, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0049 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.046 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7098, 48.8614, 37.1014)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B899 #99A9C8

analogous

#C8A199 #C8B899 #C1C899

triadic

#C8B899 #99C8B8 #B899C8

tetradic

#C8B899 #99C8A1 #99A9C8 #C899C1

square

#C8B899 #99C8A1 #99A9C8 #C899C1

split-complementary

#C8B899 #99C1C8 #A199C8

monochromatic

#967E51 #B39C71 #C8B899 #DDD4C1 #F3EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C8B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C8B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B899

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B899	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.046 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cdb7',
    500: '#c8b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b899;
$custom-light: #d9cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78797,
    "c": 0.04592,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B899

secondary

#D8DCE5

accent

#62A93D

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF9F6

border

#D3D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B899

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

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