HEX atlas value

#C8A289

#C8A289 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Ecru. RGB 200, 162, 137, HSL 24° 36% 66%, luminance 0.3993; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm earth-tone

#C8A289 Sample readable text

HEX #C8A289

RGB rgb(200, 162, 137)

HSL hsl(24 36% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 19, 32, 22)

Luminance 0.3993

Contrast Black 8.99:1White 2.34:1

CSS

--color-c8a289: #C8A289;
.background-c8a289 { background-color: #C8A289; }
.text-c8a289 { color: #C8A289; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C8A289

#C8A289 is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #C8A289 is visually closest to Ecru, a named yellow color with HEX #C2B280.

The RGB channels are 200, 162, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 24deg with 36% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.3993, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.31, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.99:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C8A289 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.99:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.34:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5D3C8#E5D3C8 · #000000 text · best 14.48:1 #C8C189#C8C189 · #000000 text · best 11.45:1 Tan#D2B48C · #000000 text · best 10.65:1 Sand#C2B280 · #000000 text · best 9.97:1 #DB9E76#DB9E76 · #000000 text · best 9.16:1

Generated Palette

#C8A289#C8A289

#89AFC8#89AFC8

#C8898F#C8898F

#C8C189#C8C189

#E5D3C8#E5D3C8

#A6724E#A6724E

Color Harmonies

#89AFC8#89AFC8

#C8898F#C8898F

#C8C189#C8C189

#89C8A2#89C8A2

#A289C8#A289C8

Variants

#E5D3C8#E5D3C8

#A6724E#A6724E

#DB9E76#DB9E76

#B4A69C#B4A69C

#EDE7E3#EDE7E3

#FFAF7A#FFAF7A

Nearest Named Colors

Ecru#C2B280

Sand#C2B280

Tan#D2B48C

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Luminance0.3993

Black text8.99:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#C8A289","rgb":[200,162,137],"hsl":[24,36,66],"cmyk":[0,19,32,22],"luminance":0.3993,"contrast":{"black":8.99,"white":2.34}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.99,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E5D3C8","hex":"#E5D3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.48,"contrastWhite":1.45,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8C189","hex":"#C8C189","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.45,"contrastWhite":1.83,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.65,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.97,"contrastWhite":2.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DB9E76","hex":"#DB9E76","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.16,"contrastWhite":2.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","earth tone","earth tone orange","Ecru adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c8a289.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ecru.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sand.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#89AFC8","analogous":["#C8898F","#C8C189"],"triadic":["#89C8A2","#A289C8"],"tetradic":["#8FC889","#89AFC8","#C189C8"],"splitComplementary":["#89C8C1","#898FC8"],"monochromatic":["#E5D3C8","#C8A289","#A6724E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E5D3C8","dark":"#A6724E","saturated":"#DB9E76","desaturated":"#B4A69C","pastel":"#EDE7E3","neon":"#FFAF7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":19.313207915827967},{"slug":"sand","name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","distance":19.313207915827967},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":20.808652046684813},{"slug":"rosy-brown","name":"Rosy Brown","hex":"#BC8F8F","distance":23.259406699226016},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":24.186773244895647}]

#C8A289

CSS

About #C8A289

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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