#C99462#C99462

#C99462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.092 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99462
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(29, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 14.08, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 36.92, 67.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0407 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.092 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8837, 34.4817, 16.2659)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99462 #6297C9

analogous

#C96263 #C99462 #C9C762

triadic

#C99462 #62C994 #9462C9

tetradic

#C99462 #63C962 #6297C9 #C762C9

square

#C99462 #63C962 #6297C9 #C762C9

split-complementary

#C99462 #62C9C7 #6263C9

monochromatic

#83572D #B1753D #C99462 #D9B390 #E8D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C99462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C99462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99462

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99462	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.092 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb38f',
    500: '#c99462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99462;
$custom-light: #dcb38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.126,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99462

secondary

#AFC4D8

accent

#96D84F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99462

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

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