#C9AA8A#C9AA8A

#C9AA8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.057 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA8A
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(30, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 6.58, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 21.74, 72.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0216 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.057 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0503, 43.0036, 30.0727)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA8A #8AA9C9

analogous

#C98B8A #C9AA8A #C9C98A

triadic

#C9AA8A #8AC9AA #AA8AC9

tetradic

#C9AA8A #8AC98B #8AA9C9 #C98AC9

square

#C9AA8A #8AC98B #8AA9C9 #C98AC9

split-complementary

#C9AA8A #8AC9C9 #8B8AC9

monochromatic

#946D44 #B68C60 #C9AA8A #DCC8B4 #F0E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C9AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA8A

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA8A	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.057 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac3ac',
    500: '#c9aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa8a;
$custom-light: #dac3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.476,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7573,
    "c": 0.05681,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA8A

secondary

#CDD7E2

accent

#72B036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA8A

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

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