#C99D8A#C99D8A

#C99D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.059 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D8A
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(18, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 13.64, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 21.19, 49.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0423 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.059 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7327, 38.3684, 29.3001)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D8A #8AB6C9

analogous

#C98A97 #C99D8A #C9BD8A

triadic

#C99D8A #8AC99D #9D8AC9

tetradic

#C99D8A #97C98A #8AB6C9 #BD8AC9

square

#C99D8A #97C98A #8AB6C9 #BD8AC9

split-complementary

#C99D8A #8AC9BD #8A97C9

monochromatic

#945C44 #B67A60 #C99D8A #DCC0B4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C99D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C99D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D8A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D8A	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.059 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabaac',
    500: '#c99d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d8a;
$custom-light: #dabaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.095,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.05926,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D8A

secondary

#CDDBE2

accent

#8BB036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D8A

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

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