#C99A72#C99A72

#C99A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.078 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A72
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 12.40, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 30.40, 65.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0373 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.078 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6817, 36.7459, 20.9716)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A72 #72A1C9

analogous

#C97276 #C99A72 #C9C572

triadic

#C99A72 #72C99A #9A72C9

tetradic

#C99A72 #76C972 #72A1C9 #C572C9

square

#C99A72 #76C972 #72A1C9 #C572C9

split-complementary

#C99A72 #72C9C5 #7276C9

monochromatic

#8B5D35 #B87A46 #C99A72 #DABA9E #EBD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C99A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A72

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A72	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.078 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb79b',
    500: '#c99a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a72;
$custom-light: #dbb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.586,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A72

secondary

#BBCDDC

accent

#78B82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A72

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

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