#c8a189

Color #c8a189

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c8a189

RGB

rgb(200, 161, 137)

HSL

hsl(22.9, 36.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(22.9, 31.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 31.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(69.17, 10.94, 17.96)

LCH

lch(69.17, 21.03, 58.65)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0572, 53.17)

HWB

hwb(22.9, 53.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89b0c8

Analogous

#c88991

#c8a189

#c8c189

Triadic

#c8a189

#89c8a1

#a189c8

Split-complementary

#c8a189

#89c8c1

#8991c8

Tetradic

#c8a189

#b0c889

#89b0c8

#a189c8

Square

#c8a189

#91c889

#89b0c8

#c189c8

Shades

Color #c8a189 mixed toward black.

#b68363

#996747

#734d36

#4d3324

#261a12

Tints

Color #c8a189 mixed toward white.

#d1b19d

#dac0b0

#e4d0c4

#ede0d8

#f6efeb

Tones

Color #c8a189 mixed toward gray.

#c3a28e

#bea494

#b8a599

#b3a69e

#aea7a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b88f · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#bbbd91 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#c69495 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8a189;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8a189]

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Frequently asked questions

#c8a189 (#c8a189) is rgb(200, 161, 137) in RGB.

No, #c8a189 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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