#C99B8A#C99B8A

#C99B8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.060 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B8A
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 14.74, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 21.40, 46.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0455 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.06 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3971, 37.6972, 29.1883)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B8A #8AB8C9

analogous

#C98A99 #C99B8A #C9BB8A

triadic

#C99B8A #8AC99B #9B8AC9

tetradic

#C99B8A #99C98A #8AB8C9 #BB8AC9

square

#C99B8A #99C98A #8AB8C9 #BB8AC9

split-complementary

#C99B8A #8AC9BB #8A99C9

monochromatic

#945A44 #B67760 #C99B8A #DCBFB4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C99B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B8A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B8A	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.060 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab8ac',
    500: '#c99b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b8a;
$custom-light: #dab8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.19,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.06048,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B8A

secondary

#CDDCE2

accent

#8FB036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B8A

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

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