#C99B50#C99B50

#C99B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B50
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 8.79, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 46.09, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0227 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.108 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2587, 36.4419, 12.6594)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B50 #507EC9

analogous

#C95F50 #C99B50 #BAC950

triadic

#C99B50 #50C99B #9B50C9

tetradic

#C99B50 #50C95F #507EC9 #C950BA

square

#C99B50 #50C95F #507EC9 #C950BA

split-complementary

#C99B50 #50BAC9 #5F50C9

monochromatic

#795925 #A87C34 #C99B50 #D7B67F #E6D0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C99B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B50

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B50	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb883',
    500: '#c99b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b50;
$custom-light: #ddb883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.19,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B50

secondary

#A1B4D4

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B50

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

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