#C9BEAE#C9BEAE

#C9BEAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.025 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BEAE
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 1.16, 9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 9.54, 83.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0055 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.025 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1402, 52.3011, 47.4900)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BEAE #AEB9C9

analogous

#C9B0AE #C9BEAE #C6C9AE

triadic

#C9BEAE #AEC9BE #BEAEC9

tetradic

#C9BEAE #AEC9B0 #AEB9C9 #C9AEC6

square

#C9BEAE #AEC9B0 #AEB9C9 #C9AEC6

split-complementary

#C9BEAE #AEC6C9 #B0AEC9

monochromatic

#988365 #B1A189 #C9BEAE #E1DBD3 #F3F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C9BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BEAE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BEAE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.025 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d1c6',
    500: '#c9beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9beae;
$custom-light: #d9d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80616,
    "c": 0.0253,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BEAE

secondary

#7E8B9D

accent

#6B9E47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BEAE

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

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