#C99A45#C99A45

#C99A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A45
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 8.60, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 50.85, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0207 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.116 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7193, 35.9609, 10.6362)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A45 #4574C9

analogous

#C95845 #C99A45 #B6C945

triadic

#C99A45 #45C99A #9A45C9

tetradic

#C99A45 #45C958 #4574C9 #C945B6

square

#C99A45 #45C958 #4574C9 #C945B6

split-complementary

#C99A45 #45B6C9 #5845C9

monochromatic

#725521 #A2792F #C99A45 #D7B474 #E5CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C99A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A45

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A45	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)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb77c',
    500: '#c99a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a45;
$custom-light: #ddb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A45

secondary

#98ADD1

accent

#7EDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A45

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

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