#C99844#C99844

#C99844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.116 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99844
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 9.62, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 50.94, 79.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0236 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.116 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3612, 35.2939, 10.3650)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99844 #4475C9

analogous

#C95544 #C99844 #B7C944

triadic

#C99844 #44C998 #9844C9

tetradic

#C99844 #44C955 #4475C9 #C944B7

square

#C99844 #44C955 #4475C9 #C944B7

split-complementary

#C99844 #44B7C9 #5544C9

monochromatic

#725421 #A1772F #C99844 #D7B273 #E4CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C99844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C99844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99844

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99844	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.116 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb67b',
    500: '#c99844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99844;
$custom-light: #ddb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99844

secondary

#98ADD1

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99844

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

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