#C99457#C99457

#C99457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.101 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99457
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 13.14, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 41.84, 71.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0365 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.101 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3996, 34.2880, 13.7161)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99457 #578CC9

analogous

#C95B57 #C99457 #C5C957

triadic

#C99457 #57C994 #9457C9

tetradic

#C99457 #57C95B #578CC9 #C957C5

square

#C99457 #57C95B #578CC9 #C957C5

split-complementary

#C99457 #57C5C9 #5B57C9

monochromatic

#7D5628 #AC7537 #C99457 #D8B185 #E7CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C99457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C99457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99457

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99457	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.101 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb388',
    500: '#c99457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99457;
$custom-light: #dcb388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.105,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99457

secondary

#A7BCD5

accent

#8FDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99457

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

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