#C99A48#C99A48

#C99A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A48
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 8.79, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 49.52, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0217 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.114 79)
XYZ	xyz(36.8148, 35.9991, 11.1391)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A48 #4877C9

analogous

#C95948 #C99A48 #B7C948

triadic

#C99A48 #48C99A #9A48C9

tetradic

#C99A48 #48C959 #4877C9 #C948B7

square

#C99A48 #48C959 #4877C9 #C948B7

split-complementary

#C99A48 #48B7C9 #5948C9

monochromatic

#745622 #A47A30 #C99A48 #D7B477 #E5CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C99A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A48

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A48	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb77e',
    500: '#c99a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a48;
$custom-light: #ddb77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A48

secondary

#9BAFD2

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A48

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

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