#C99D49#C99D49

#C99D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D49
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 7.23, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 49.65, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0172 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.114 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3490, 37.0150, 11.4795)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D49 #4975C9

analogous

#C95D49 #C99D49 #B5C949

triadic

#C99D49 #49C99D #9D49C9

tetradic

#C99D49 #49C95D #4975C9 #C949B5

square

#C99D49 #49C95D #4975C9 #C949B5

split-complementary

#C99D49 #49B5C9 #5D49C9

monochromatic

#755923 #A47C31 #C99D49 #D7B678 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D49

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D49	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)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97f',
    500: '#c99d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d49;
$custom-light: #ddb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D49

secondary

#9CAED2

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D49

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

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