#C99261#C99261

#C99261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.093 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99261
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 15.08, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 37.21, 66.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0435 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.093 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5258, 33.8409, 15.9151)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99261 #6198C9

analogous

#C96164 #C99261 #C9C661

triadic

#C99261 #61C992 #9261C9

tetradic

#C99261 #64C961 #6198C9 #C661C9

square

#C99261 #64C961 #6198C9 #C661C9

split-complementary

#C99261 #61C9C6 #6164C9

monochromatic

#83552D #B0733C #C99261 #D9B18F #E8D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C99261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C99261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99261

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99261	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.093 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb28e',
    500: '#c99261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99261;
$custom-light: #dcb28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.269,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99261

secondary

#AEC4D8

accent

#98D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5F0

border

#D4CFCB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99261

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

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