#C99B46#C99B46

#C99B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B46
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 8.12, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 50.59, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0194 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.116 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9164, 36.3049, 10.8563)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B46 #4674C9

analogous

#C95946 #C99B46 #B6C946

triadic

#C99B46 #46C99B #9B46C9

tetradic

#C99B46 #46C959 #4674C9 #C946B6

square

#C99B46 #46C959 #4674C9 #C946B6

split-complementary

#C99B46 #46B6C9 #5946C9

monochromatic

#735622 #A27A2F #C99B46 #D7B575 #E5CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C99B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B46

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B46	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)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb87d',
    500: '#c99b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b46;
$custom-light: #ddb87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71639,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B46

secondary

#99ADD2

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B46

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

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