#C99D4E#C99D4E

#C99D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D4E
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 7.57, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 47.39, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0189 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.11 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5215, 37.0840, 12.3879)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D4E #4E7AC9

analogous

#C9604E #C99D4E #B7C94E

triadic

#C99D4E #4EC99D #9D4EC9

tetradic

#C99D4E #4EC960 #4E7AC9 #C94EB7

square

#C99D4E #4EC960 #4E7AC9 #C94EB7

split-complementary

#C99D4E #4EB7C9 #604EC9

monochromatic

#785A25 #A77D33 #C99D4E #D7B77D #E6D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D4E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D4E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb982',
    500: '#c99d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d4e;
$custom-light: #ddb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D4E

secondary

#9FB2D3

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D4E

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

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