#C99C44#C99C44

#C99C44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C44
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 7.45, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 51.66, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0172 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.118 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0214, 36.6143, 10.5851)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C44 #4471C9

analogous

#C95944 #C99C44 #B4C944

triadic

#C99C44 #44C99C #9C44C9

tetradic

#C99C44 #44C959 #4471C9 #C944B4

square

#C99C44 #44C959 #4471C9 #C944B4

split-complementary

#C99C44 #44B4C9 #5944C9

monochromatic

#725621 #A17A2F #C99C44 #D7B573 #E4CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C99C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C44

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C44	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97c',
    500: '#c99c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c44;
$custom-light: #ddb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C44

secondary

#98ABD1

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C44

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

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