#C99B49#C99B49

#C99B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B49
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 8.31, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 49.26, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0204 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.113 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0134, 36.3438, 11.3676)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B49 #4977C9

analogous

#C95B49 #C99B49 #B7C949

triadic

#C99B49 #49C99B #9B49C9

tetradic

#C99B49 #49C95B #4977C9 #C949B7

square

#C99B49 #49C95B #4977C9 #C949B7

split-complementary

#C99B49 #49B7C9 #5B49C9

monochromatic

#755723 #A47B31 #C99B49 #D7B578 #E5CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C99B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B49

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B49	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb87f',
    500: '#c99b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b49;
$custom-light: #ddb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.438,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B49

secondary

#9CAFD2

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B49

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

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