#C99D45#C99D45

#C99D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D45
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 6.97, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 51.42, 82.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.016 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.117 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2207, 36.9636, 10.8033)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D45 #4571C9

analogous

#C95B45 #C99D45 #B3C945

triadic

#C99D45 #45C99D #9D45C9

tetradic

#C99D45 #45C95B #4571C9 #C945B3

square

#C99D45 #45C95B #4571C9 #C945B3

split-complementary

#C99D45 #45B3C9 #5B45C9

monochromatic

#725721 #A27C2F #C99D45 #D7B674 #E5CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C99D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D45

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D45	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)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97c',
    500: '#c99d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d45;
$custom-light: #ddb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D45

secondary

#98ABD1

accent

#7BDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D45

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

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