#C99E72#C99E72

#C99E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.078 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E72
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 10.22, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 30.81, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0309 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.078 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3529, 38.0883, 21.1953)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E72 #729DC9

analogous

#C97372 #C99E72 #C8C972

triadic

#C99E72 #72C99E #9E72C9

tetradic

#C99E72 #72C973 #729DC9 #C972C8

square

#C99E72 #72C973 #729DC9 #C972C8

split-complementary

#C99E72 #72C8C9 #7372C9

monochromatic

#8B6135 #B88046 #C99E72 #DABC9E #EBDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C99E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C99E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E72

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E72	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)

#ACA06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.078 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba9b',
    500: '#c99e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e72;
$custom-light: #dbba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.345,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E72

secondary

#BBCBDC

accent

#72B82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E72

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

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