#C99D44#C99D44

#C99D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D44
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 6.91, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 51.86, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0157 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.118 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1899, 36.9513, 10.6412)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D44 #4470C9

analogous

#C95A44 #C99D44 #B3C944

triadic

#C99D44 #44C99D #9D44C9

tetradic

#C99D44 #44C95A #4470C9 #C944B3

square

#C99D44 #44C95A #4470C9 #C944B3

split-complementary

#C99D44 #44B3C9 #5A44C9

monochromatic

#725721 #A17B2F #C99D44 #D7B673 #E4CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C99D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D44

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D44	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97c',
    500: '#c99d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d44;
$custom-light: #ddb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D44

secondary

#98ABD1

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D44

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

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