#C99C46#C99C46

#C99C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C46
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 7.57, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 50.78, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0178 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.116 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0835, 36.6392, 10.9120)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C46 #4673C9

analogous

#C95A46 #C99C46 #B5C946

triadic

#C99C46 #46C99C #9C46C9

tetradic

#C99C46 #46C95A #4673C9 #C946B5

square

#C99C46 #46C95A #4673C9 #C946B5

split-complementary

#C99C46 #46B5C9 #5A46C9

monochromatic

#735722 #A27B2F #C99C46 #D7B575 #E5CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C99C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C46

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C46	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97d',
    500: '#c99c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c46;
$custom-light: #ddb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.389,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C46

secondary

#99ADD2

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C46

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

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