#C99A44#C99A44

#C99A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A44
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 68)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 8.54, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 51.28, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0204 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.117 80)
XYZ	xyz(36.6885, 35.9486, 10.4741)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A44 #4473C9

analogous

#C95744 #C99A44 #B6C944

triadic

#C99A44 #44C99A #9A44C9

tetradic

#C99A44 #44C957 #4473C9 #C944B6

square

#C99A44 #44C957 #4473C9 #C944B6

split-complementary

#C99A44 #44B6C9 #5744C9

monochromatic

#725521 #A1792F #C99A44 #D7B473 #E4CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C99A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A44

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A44	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb77c',
    500: '#c99a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a44;
$custom-light: #ddb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A44

secondary

#98ACD1

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A44

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

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