#C8BC99#C8BC99

#C8BC99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.049 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BC99
RGB	rgb(200, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -1.36, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 19.32, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0012 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.049 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5525, 50.5467, 37.3823)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BC99 #99A5C8

analogous

#C8A599 #C8BC99 #BDC899

triadic

#C8BC99 #99C8BC #BC99C8

tetradic

#C8BC99 #99C8A5 #99A5C8 #C899BD

square

#C8BC99 #99C8A5 #99A5C8 #C899BD

split-complementary

#C8BC99 #99BDC8 #A599C8

monochromatic

#968451 #B3A271 #C8BC99 #DDD6C1 #F3F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C8BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BC99

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BC99	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.049 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d0b7',
    500: '#c8bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8bc99;
$custom-light: #d9d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79615,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BC99

secondary

#69769D

accent

#58A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141311

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BC99

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

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