#C9BEAA#C9BEAA

#C9BEAA is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.030 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEAA
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(39, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 15.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 0.52, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 11.50, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0039 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.03 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7561, 52.1475, 45.4668)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEAA #AAB5C9

analogous

#C9AEAA #C9BEAA #C4C9AA

triadic

#C9BEAA #AAC9BE #BEAAC9

tetradic

#C9BEAA #AAC9AE #AAB5C9 #C9AAC4

square

#C9BEAA #AAC9AE #AAB5C9 #C9AAC4

split-complementary

#C9BEAA #AAC4C9 #AEAAC9

monochromatic

#988461 #B1A185 #C9BEAA #E1DBCF #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#C9BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEAA

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEAA	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.030 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1c3',
    500: '#c9beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9beaa;
$custom-light: #d9d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 22.302,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80514,
    "c": 0.0301,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEAA

secondary

#7A869E

accent

#65A145

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEAA

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

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