#C99178#C99178

#C99178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.077 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99178
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 17.99, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 28.15, 50.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0544 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.077 45)
XYZ	xyz(37.6044, 34.0268, 22.3528)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99178 #78B0C9

analogous

#C97887 #C99178 #C9BA78

triadic

#C99178 #78C991 #9178C9

tetradic

#C99178 #87C978 #78B0C9 #BA78C9

square

#C99178 #87C978 #78B0C9 #BA78C9

split-complementary

#C99178 #78C9BA #7887C9

monochromatic

#8E5339 #B86D4C #C99178 #DAB5A4 #ECD8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C99178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#C99178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99178

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99178	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.077 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb19f',
    500: '#c99178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99178;
$custom-light: #dbb19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.519,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.07699,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99178

secondary

#C0D4DD

accent

#8CB630

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF5F2

border

#D4CFCC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99178

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

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