#C99D50#C99D50

#C99D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D50
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 7.71, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 46.47, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0196 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.108 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5943, 37.1131, 12.7713)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D50 #507CC9

analogous

#C96150 #C99D50 #B8C950

triadic

#C99D50 #50C99D #9D50C9

tetradic

#C99D50 #50C961 #507CC9 #C950B8

square

#C99D50 #50C961 #507CC9 #C950B8

split-complementary

#C99D50 #50B8C9 #6150C9

monochromatic

#795B25 #A87E34 #C99D50 #D7B77F #E6D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D50

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D50	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#AF9E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb983',
    500: '#c99d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d50;
$custom-light: #ddb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D50

secondary

#A1B3D4

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D50

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

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