#C99987#C99987

#C99987 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.063 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99987
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 32.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 15.44, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 22.53, 46.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0475 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.063 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8528, 36.9514, 27.9501)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99987 #87B7C9

analogous

#C98796 #C99987 #C9BA87

triadic

#C99987 #87C999 #9987C9

tetradic

#C99987 #96C987 #87B7C9 #BA87C9

square

#C99987 #96C987 #87B7C9 #BA87C9

split-complementary

#C99987 #87C9BA #8796C9

monochromatic

#935842 #B6755D #C99987 #DCBDB1 #EFE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C99987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99987

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99987	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.063 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7aa',
    500: '#c99987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99987;
$custom-light: #dab7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.06341,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99987

secondary

#CBDBE1

accent

#8FB135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99987

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

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