#C99C50#C99C50

#C99C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C50
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 8.25, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 46.27, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0212 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.108 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4258, 36.7761, 12.7151)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C50 #507DC9

analogous

#C96050 #C99C50 #B9C950

triadic

#C99C50 #50C99C #9C50C9

tetradic

#C99C50 #50C960 #507DC9 #C950B9

square

#C99C50 #50C960 #507DC9 #C950B9

split-complementary

#C99C50 #50B9C9 #6050C9

monochromatic

#795A25 #A87D34 #C99C50 #D7B67F #E6D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C99C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C50

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C50	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb983',
    500: '#c99c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c50;
$custom-light: #ddb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.686,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C50

secondary

#A1B4D4

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C50

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

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