#C99B45#C99B45

#C99B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B45
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 8.05, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 51.03, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0191 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.117 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8851, 36.2924, 10.6915)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B45 #4573C9

analogous

#C95945 #C99B45 #B5C945

triadic

#C99B45 #45C99B #9B45C9

tetradic

#C99B45 #45C959 #4573C9 #C945B5

square

#C99B45 #45C959 #4573C9 #C945B5

split-complementary

#C99B45 #45B5C9 #5945C9

monochromatic

#725621 #A27A2F #C99B45 #D7B474 #E5CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C99B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B45

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B45	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb87c',
    500: '#c99b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b45;
$custom-light: #ddb87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B45

secondary

#98ACD1

accent

#7DDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B45

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

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