#C99C65#C99C65

#C99C65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.090 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C65
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 101)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 49.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 10.00, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 36.50, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0289 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.09 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3265, 37.1364, 17.4587)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C65 #6592C9

analogous

#C96A65 #C99C65 #C4C965

triadic

#C99C65 #65C99C #9C65C9

tetradic

#C99C65 #65C96A #6592C9 #C965C4

square

#C99C65 #65C96A #6592C9 #C965C4

split-complementary

#C99C65 #65C4C9 #6A65C9

monochromatic

#855E2F #B27E3F #C99C65 #D9B992 #E9D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C99C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C65

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C65	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.090 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb992',
    500: '#c99c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c65;
$custom-light: #dcb992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C65

secondary

#B1C3D8

accent

#8DD850

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C65

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

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