#C99A79#C99A79

#C99A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.072 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A79
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 13.18, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 27.47, 61.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0402 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.072 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0955, 36.9114, 23.1508)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A79 #79A8C9

analogous

#C97980 #C99A79 #C9C279

triadic

#C99A79 #79C99A #9A79C9

tetradic

#C99A79 #80C979 #79A8C9 #C279C9

square

#C99A79 #80C979 #79A8C9 #C279C9

split-complementary

#C99A79 #79C9C2 #7980C9

monochromatic

#8E5C39 #B7794D #C99A79 #DBBBA5 #ECDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C99A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A79

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A79	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)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.072 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7a0',
    500: '#c99a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a79;
$custom-light: #dbb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.75,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A79

secondary

#C1D1DD

accent

#7EB630

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A79

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

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