#C99D77#C99D77

#C99D77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.074 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D77
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 119)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 40.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 11.32, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 28.48, 66.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0345 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.074 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4755, 37.8655, 22.6787)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D77 #77A3C9

analogous

#C9777A #C99D77 #C9C677

triadic

#C99D77 #77C99D #9D77C9

tetradic

#C99D77 #7AC977 #77A3C9 #C677C9

square

#C99D77 #7AC977 #77A3C9 #C677C9

split-complementary

#C99D77 #77C9C6 #777AC9

monochromatic

#8D6038 #B87D4B #C99D77 #DABDA3 #ECDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C99D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C99D77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D77

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D77	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.074 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba9e',
    500: '#c99d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d77;
$custom-light: #dbba9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D77

secondary

#BFCFDD

accent

#78B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D77

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

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