#C99E73#C99E73

#C99E73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.077 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E73
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 42.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 10.33, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 30.36, 70.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0313 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.077 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4102, 38.1112, 21.4967)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E73 #739EC9

analogous

#C97373 #C99E73 #C9C973

triadic

#C99E73 #73C99E #9E73C9

tetradic

#C99E73 #73C973 #739EC9 #C973C9

square

#C99E73 #73C973 #739EC9 #C973C9

split-complementary

#C99E73 #73C9C9 #7373C9

monochromatic

#8C6136 #B87F47 #C99E73 #DABD9F #EBDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C99E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C99E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E73

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E73	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)

#ACA070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.077 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba9b',
    500: '#c99e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e73;
$custom-light: #dbba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E73

secondary

#BCCCDC

accent

#73B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E73

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

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