#C99B4E#C99B4E

#C99B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B4E
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 8.65, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 47.00, 79.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0221 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.109 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1859, 36.4128, 12.2760)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B4E #4E7CC9

analogous

#C95E4E #C99B4E #BAC94E

triadic

#C99B4E #4EC99B #9B4EC9

tetradic

#C99B4E #4EC95E #4E7CC9 #C94EBA

square

#C99B4E #4EC95E #4E7CC9 #C94EBA

split-complementary

#C99B4E #4EBAC9 #5E4EC9

monochromatic

#785925 #A77C33 #C99B4E #D7B57D #E6D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C99B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B4E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B4E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb882',
    500: '#c99b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b4e;
$custom-light: #ddb882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71729,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B4E

secondary

#9FB3D3

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B4E

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

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