#C99D47#C99D47

#C99D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D47
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 7.10, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 50.54, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0166 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.116 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2838, 36.9889, 11.1358)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D47 #4773C9

analogous

#C95C47 #C99D47 #B4C947

triadic

#C99D47 #47C99D #9D47C9

tetradic

#C99D47 #47C95C #4773C9 #C947B4

square

#C99D47 #47C95C #4773C9 #C947B4

split-complementary

#C99D47 #47B4C9 #5C47C9

monochromatic

#745822 #A37C30 #C99D47 #D7B676 #E5CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D47

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D47	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97e',
    500: '#c99d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d47;
$custom-light: #ddb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D47

secondary

#9AADD2

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D47

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

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