#C8B8B2#C8B8B2

#C8B8B2 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.020 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B8B2
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(16, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(16, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 4.65, 5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 6.90, 47.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0151 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.02 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9951, 49.7755, 49.1375)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B8B2 #B2C2C8

analogous

#C8B2B7 #C8B8B2 #C8C3B2

triadic

#C8B8B2 #B2C8B8 #B8B2C8

tetradic

#C8B8B2 #B7C8B2 #B2C2C8 #C3B2C8

square

#C8B8B2 #B7C8B2 #B2C2C8 #C3B2C8

split-complementary

#C8B8B2 #B2C8C3 #B2B7C8

monochromatic

#95766B #AF978E #C8B8B2 #E2D9D6 #F2EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C8B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C8B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B8B2

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B8B2	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.020 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cdc9',
    500: '#c8b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b8b2;
$custom-light: #d8cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79428,
    "c": 0.02018,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B8B2

secondary

#E3E7E8

accent

#859B4B

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF9F8

border

#D3D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B8B2

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

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