#C99C8D#C99C8D

#C99C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.058 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C8D
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(15, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 29.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 14.59, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 20.42, 44.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0451 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.058 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7844, 38.1195, 30.4037)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C8D #8DBAC9

analogous

#C98D9C #C99C8D #C9BA8D

triadic

#C99C8D #8DC99C #9C8DC9

tetradic

#C99C8D #9CC98D #8DBAC9 #BA8DC9

square

#C99C8D #9CC98D #8DBAC9 #BA8DC9

split-complementary

#C99C8D #8DC9BA #8D9CC9

monochromatic

#955A47 #B57863 #C99C8D #DDC0B7 #F0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C99C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C99C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C8D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C8D	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.058 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9ae',
    500: '#c99c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c8d;
$custom-light: #dab9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.05823,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C8D

secondary

#CFDEE2

accent

#91AF37

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C8D

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

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