#C9ACA0#C9ACA0

#C9ACA0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.038 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9ACA0
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(18, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 20.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 8.61, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 13.25, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0274 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.038 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1852, 44.4620, 39.4527)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9ACA0 #A0BDC9

analogous

#C9A0A8 #C9ACA0 #C9C0A0

triadic

#C9ACA0 #A0C9AC #ACA0C9

tetradic

#C9ACA0 #A8C9A0 #A0BDC9 #C0A0C9

square

#C9ACA0 #A8C9A0 #A0BDC9 #C0A0C9

split-complementary

#C9ACA0 #A0C9C0 #A0A8C9

monochromatic

#986A56 #B38A79 #C9ACA0 #DFCEC7 #F4EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C9ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9ACA0

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9ACA0	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AF9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.038 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac4bc',
    500: '#c9aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aca0;
$custom-light: #dac4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 27.517,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.03795,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9ACA0

secondary

#DDE5E8

accent

#88A63F

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FAF8F6

border

#D3D1D0

text

#151212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9ACA0

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

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