#C99A46#C99A46

#C99A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A46
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 8.66, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 50.41, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.021 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.115 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7506, 35.9735, 10.8011)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A46 #4675C9

analogous

#C95846 #C99A46 #B7C946

triadic

#C99A46 #46C99A #9A46C9

tetradic

#C99A46 #46C958 #4675C9 #C946B7

square

#C99A46 #46C958 #4675C9 #C946B7

split-complementary

#C99A46 #46B7C9 #5846C9

monochromatic

#735622 #A2792F #C99A46 #D7B475 #E5CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C99A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A46

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb77d',
    500: '#c99a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a46;
$custom-light: #ddb77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71441,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A46

secondary

#99ADD2

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A46

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

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