#C99A4E#C99A4E

#C99A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A4E
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 9.19, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 46.82, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0237 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.109 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0202, 36.0813, 12.2208)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A4E #4E7DC9

analogous

#C95C4E #C99A4E #BBC94E

triadic

#C99A4E #4EC99A #9A4EC9

tetradic

#C99A4E #4EC95C #4E7DC9 #C94EBB

square

#C99A4E #4EC95C #4E7DC9 #C94EBB

split-complementary

#C99A4E #4EBBC9 #5C4EC9

monochromatic

#785825 #A77B33 #C99A4E #D7B57D #E6D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A4E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A4E	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb782',
    500: '#c99a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a4e;
$custom-light: #ddb782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A4E

secondary

#9FB3D3

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A4E

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

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