#C99D48#C99D48

#C99D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D48
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 7.16, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 50.09, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0169 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.115 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3161, 37.0018, 11.3063)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D48 #4874C9

analogous

#C95C48 #C99D48 #B4C948

triadic

#C99D48 #48C99D #9D48C9

tetradic

#C99D48 #48C95C #4874C9 #C948B4

square

#C99D48 #48C95C #4874C9 #C948B4

split-complementary

#C99D48 #48B4C9 #5C48C9

monochromatic

#745822 #A47C30 #C99D48 #D7B677 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D48

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D48	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)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97e',
    500: '#c99d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d48;
$custom-light: #ddb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D48

secondary

#9BAED2

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D48

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

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