#c8b699

Color #c8b699

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b699

RGB

rgb(200, 182, 153)

HSL

hsl(37, 29.9%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37, 23.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9%, 23.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(74.85, 1.82, 17.11)

LCH

lch(74.85, 17.21, 83.93)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0446, 79.67)

HWB

hwb(37, 60%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99abc8

Analogous

#c89e99

#c8b699

#c2c899

Triadic

#c8b699

#99c8b6

#b699c8

Split-complementary

#c8b699

#99c2c8

#9e99c8

Tetradic

#c8b699

#abc899

#99abc8

#b699c8

Square

#c8b699

#99c89e

#99abc8

#c899c2

Shades

Color #c8b699 mixed toward black.

#b39b73

#997e52

#735e3e

#4c3f29

#261f15

Tints

Color #c8b699 mixed toward white.

#d1c2aa

#dacebb

#e3dacc

#ede7dd

#f6f3ee

Tones

Color #c8b699 mixed toward gray.

#c4b59d

#c0b4a1

#bcb3a5

#b8b2a9

#b4b1ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0a1 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#c2c3a2 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#c7a6a8 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b699;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b699]

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Frequently asked questions

#c8b699 (#c8b699) is rgb(200, 182, 153) in RGB.

No, #c8b699 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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