#C99C8A#C99C8A

#C99C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.060 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C8A
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 14.19, 15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 21.28, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0439 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.06 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5642, 38.0315, 29.2440)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C8A #8AB7C9

analogous

#C98A98 #C99C8A #C9BC8A

triadic

#C99C8A #8AC99C #9C8AC9

tetradic

#C99C8A #98C98A #8AB7C9 #BC8AC9

square

#C99C8A #98C98A #8AB7C9 #BC8AC9

split-complementary

#C99C8A #8AC9BC #8A98C9

monochromatic

#945B44 #B67960 #C99C8A #DCBFB4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C99C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C99C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C8A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C8A	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.060 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9ac',
    500: '#c99c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c8a;
$custom-light: #dab9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.05984,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C8A

secondary

#CDDCE2

accent

#8DB036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C8A

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

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