#C99C49#C99C49

#C99C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C49
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 7.77, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 49.45, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0188 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.114 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1805, 36.6780, 11.4233)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C49 #4976C9

analogous

#C95C49 #C99C49 #B6C949

triadic

#C99C49 #49C99C #9C49C9

tetradic

#C99C49 #49C95C #4976C9 #C949B6

square

#C99C49 #49C95C #4976C9 #C949B6

split-complementary

#C99C49 #49B6C9 #5C49C9

monochromatic

#755823 #A47C31 #C99C49 #D7B678 #E5CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C99C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C49

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C49	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)

#AE9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97f',
    500: '#c99c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c49;
$custom-light: #ddb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.906,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7187,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C49

secondary

#9CAFD2

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C49

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

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