#C99C77#C99C77

#C99C77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.074 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C77
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 119)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 40.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 11.86, 25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 28.40, 65.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0361 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.074 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3070, 37.5286, 22.6225)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C77 #77A4C9

analogous

#C9777B #C99C77 #C9C577

triadic

#C99C77 #77C99C #9C77C9

tetradic

#C99C77 #7BC977 #77A4C9 #C577C9

square

#C99C77 #7BC977 #77A4C9 #C577C9

split-complementary

#C99C77 #77C9C5 #777BC9

monochromatic

#8D5F38 #B87C4B #C99C77 #DABCA3 #ECDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C99C77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C77

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C77	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.074 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb99e',
    500: '#c99c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c77;
$custom-light: #dbb99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.073,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C77

secondary

#BFCFDD

accent

#79B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C77

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

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