#C99D52#C99D52

#C99D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D52
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 7.86, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 45.55, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0203 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.107 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6693, 37.1431, 13.1663)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D52 #527EC9

analogous

#C96152 #C99D52 #BAC952

triadic

#C99D52 #52C99D #9D52C9

tetradic

#C99D52 #52C961 #527EC9 #C952BA

square

#C99D52 #52C961 #527EC9 #C952BA

split-complementary

#C99D52 #52BAC9 #6152C9

monochromatic

#7A5B26 #A97E35 #C99D52 #D8B781 #E6D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C99D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D52

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D52	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb985',
    500: '#c99d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d52;
$custom-light: #ddb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D52

secondary

#A3B5D4

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D52

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

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