#C99479#C99479

#C99479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.075 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99479
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 16.46, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 27.56, 53.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0499 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.075 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1299, 34.9802, 22.8290)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99479 #79AEC9

analogous

#C97986 #C99479 #C9BC79

triadic

#C99479 #79C994 #9479C9

tetradic

#C99479 #86C979 #79AEC9 #BC79C9

square

#C99479 #86C979 #79AEC9 #BC79C9

split-complementary

#C99479 #79C9BC #7986C9

monochromatic

#8E5639 #B7714D #C99479 #DBB7A5 #ECDAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C99479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C99479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99479

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99479	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.075 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb3a0',
    500: '#c99479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99479;
$custom-light: #dbb3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.25,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.07471,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99479

secondary

#C1D4DD

accent

#88B630

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99479

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

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