#C99D46#C99D46

#C99D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D46
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 7.03, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 50.98, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0163 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.116 82)
XYZ	xyz(37.2520, 36.9761, 10.9682)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D46 #4672C9

analogous

#C95B46 #C99D46 #B4C946

triadic

#C99D46 #46C99D #9D46C9

tetradic

#C99D46 #46C95B #4672C9 #C946B4

square

#C99D46 #46C95B #4672C9 #C946B4

split-complementary

#C99D46 #46B4C9 #5B46C9

monochromatic

#735822 #A27C2F #C99D46 #D7B675 #E5CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C99D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D46

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D46	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)

#AF9D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97d',
    500: '#c99d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d46;
$custom-light: #ddb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72036,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.36974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D46

secondary

#99ACD2

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D46

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

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