#C99B53#C99B53

#C99B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B53
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 9.02, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 44.71, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0238 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.105 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3720, 36.4872, 13.2563)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B53 #5381C9

analogous

#C96053 #C99B53 #BCC953

triadic

#C99B53 #53C99B #9B53C9

tetradic

#C99B53 #53C960 #5381C9 #C953BC

square

#C99B53 #53C960 #5381C9 #C953BC

split-complementary

#C99B53 #53BCC9 #6053C9

monochromatic

#7B5A27 #AA7C35 #C99B53 #D8B682 #E6D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C99B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B53

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B53	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb885',
    500: '#c99b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b53;
$custom-light: #ddb885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B53

secondary

#A3B6D4

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B53

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

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