#C99079#C99079

#C99079 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.077 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99079
RGB	rgb(201, 144, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 18.65, 20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 27.93, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0565 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.077 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5133, 33.7469, 22.6234)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99079 #79B2C9

analogous

#C9798A #C99079 #C9B879

triadic

#C99079 #79C990 #9079C9

tetradic

#C99079 #8AC979 #79B2C9 #B879C9

square

#C99079 #8AC979 #79B2C9 #B879C9

split-complementary

#C99079 #79C9B8 #798AC9

monochromatic

#8E5239 #B76C4D #C99079 #DBB4A5 #ECD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C99079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#C99079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99079

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99079	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 144, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.077 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb09f',
    500: '#c99079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99079;
$custom-light: #dbb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.25,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99079

secondary

#C1D5DD

accent

#8FB630

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF5F2

border

#D4CFCC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99079

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

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