#C99A74#C99A74

#C99A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.077 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A74
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 116)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 42.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 12.62, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 29.54, 64.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0381 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.077 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7968, 36.7919, 21.5777)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A74 #74A3C9

analogous

#C97479 #C99A74 #C9C574

triadic

#C99A74 #74C99A #9A74C9

tetradic

#C99A74 #79C974 #74A3C9 #C574C9

square

#C99A74 #79C974 #74A3C9 #C574C9

split-complementary

#C99A74 #74C9C5 #7479C9

monochromatic

#8C5D36 #B87A48 #C99A74 #DABAA0 #EBDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C99A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A74

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A74	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.077 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb79c',
    500: '#c99a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a74;
$custom-light: #dbb79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.824,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A74

secondary

#BDCEDC

accent

#7AB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A74

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

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