HEX atlas value

#C8A689

#C8A689 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Ecru. RGB 200, 166, 137, HSL 28° 36% 66%, luminance 0.4136; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm earth-tone

#C8A689 Sample readable text

HEX #C8A689

RGB rgb(200, 166, 137)

HSL hsl(28 36% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 17, 32, 22)

Luminance 0.4136

Contrast Black 9.27:1White 2.26:1

CSS

--color-c8a689: #C8A689;
.background-c8a689 { background-color: #C8A689; }
.text-c8a689 { color: #C8A689; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C8A689

#C8A689 is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #C8A689 is visually closest to Ecru, a named yellow color with HEX #C2B280.

The RGB channels are 200, 166, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg 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 0.4136, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.16, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.27:1AA Pass

White text2.26:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C8A689 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.27:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.26:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5D5C8#E5D5C8 · #000000 text · best 14.68:1 #C8C589#C8C589 · #000000 text · best 11.8:1 Tan#D2B48C · #000000 text · best 10.65:1 Sand#C2B280 · #000000 text · best 9.97:1 Sandstone#C9AE74 · #000000 text · best 9.79:1

Generated Palette

#C8A689#C8A689

#89AAC8#89AAC8

#C8898B#C8898B

#C8C589#C8C589

#E5D5C8#E5D5C8

#A6774E#A6774E

Color Harmonies

#89AAC8#89AAC8

#C8898B#C8898B

#C8C589#C8C589

#89C8A6#89C8A6

#A689C8#A689C8

Variants

#E5D5C8#E5D5C8

#A6774E#A6774E

#DBA576#DBA576

#B4A79C#B4A79C

#EDE8E3#EDE8E3

#FFB87A#FFB87A

Nearest Named Colors

Ecru#C2B280

Sand#C2B280

Tan#D2B48C

Sandstone#C9AE74

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Luminance0.4136

Black text9.27:1AA Pass

White text2.26:1AA 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":"#C8A689","rgb":[200,166,137],"hsl":[28,36,66],"cmyk":[0,17,32,22],"luminance":0.4136,"contrast":{"black":9.27,"white":2.26}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.27,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.26,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E5D5C8","hex":"#E5D5C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.68,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8C589","hex":"#C8C589","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.8,"contrastWhite":1.78,"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":"Sandstone","hex":"#C9AE74","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.79,"contrastWhite":2.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"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/c8a689.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":"#89AAC8","analogous":["#C8898B","#C8C589"],"triadic":["#89C8A6","#A689C8"],"tetradic":["#8BC889","#89AAC8","#C589C8"],"splitComplementary":["#89C8C5","#898BC8"],"monochromatic":["#E5D5C8","#C8A689","#A6774E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E5D5C8","dark":"#A6774E","saturated":"#DBA576","desaturated":"#B4A79C","pastel":"#EDE8E3","neon":"#FFB87A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":16.15549442140351},{"slug":"sand","name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","distance":16.15549442140351},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":17.46424919657298},{"slug":"sandstone","name":"Sandstone","hex":"#C9AE74","distance":22.494443758403985},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":22.825424421026653}]

#C8A689

CSS

About #C8A689

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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