#C99985#C99985

#C99985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.065 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99985
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(18, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 15.18, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 23.14, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0467 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.065 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7133, 36.8956, 27.2155)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99985 #85B5C9

analogous

#C98593 #C99985 #C9BB85

triadic

#C99985 #85C999 #9985C9

tetradic

#C99985 #93C985 #85B5C9 #BB85C9

square

#C99985 #93C985 #85B5C9 #BB85C9

split-complementary

#C99985 #85C9BB #8593C9

monochromatic

#935941 #B6765B #C99985 #DCBCAF #EFE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C99985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99985

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99985	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.065 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7a8',
    500: '#c99985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99985;
$custom-light: #dbb7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99985

secondary

#CADAE0

accent

#8DB234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99985

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

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