#C99E8A#C99E8A

#C99E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.059 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E8A
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(19, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(19, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 13.10, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 21.11, 51.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0407 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.059 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9026, 38.7082, 29.3568)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E8A #8AB5C9

analogous

#C98A96 #C99E8A #C9BE8A

triadic

#C99E8A #8AC99E #9E8AC9

tetradic

#C99E8A #96C98A #8AB5C9 #BE8AC9

square

#C99E8A #96C98A #8AB5C9 #BE8AC9

split-complementary

#C99E8A #8AC9BE #8A96C9

monochromatic

#945E44 #B67B60 #C99E8A #DCC1B4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C99E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C99E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E8A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.059 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabaac',
    500: '#c99e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e8a;
$custom-light: #dabaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.048,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73372,
    "c": 0.05874,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E8A

secondary

#CDDBE2

accent

#89B036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E8A

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

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