#C99D72#C99D72

#C99D72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D72
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 10.77, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 30.69, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0325 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.078 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1831, 37.7486, 21.1387)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D72 #729EC9

analogous

#C97273 #C99D72 #C9C872

triadic

#C99D72 #72C99D #9D72C9

tetradic

#C99D72 #73C972 #729EC9 #C872C9

square

#C99D72 #73C972 #729EC9 #C872C9

split-complementary

#C99D72 #72C9C8 #7273C9

monochromatic

#8B6035 #B87E46 #C99D72 #DABC9E #EBDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C99D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D72

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D72	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb99b',
    500: '#c99d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d72;
$custom-light: #dbb99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.655,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72674,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D72

secondary

#BBCCDC

accent

#74B82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D72

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

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