#C99D56#C99D56

#C99D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C99D56
RGBrgb(201, 157, 86)
HSLhsl(37, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(37, 57%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.9%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.43, 8.16, 42.92)
CIE-LCHlch(67.43, 43.69, 79.23°)
OKLaboklab(72.23% 0.0217 0.1011)
OKLCHoklch(72.23% 0.103 77.9)
XYZxyz(37.8260, 37.2057, 13.9914)
Luminance0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C99D56 #5682C9
analogous
#C96456 #C99D56 #BCC956
triadic
#C99D56 #56C99D #9D56C9
tetradic
#C99D56 #56C964 #5682C9 #C956BC
square
#C99D56 #56C964 #5682C9 #C956BC
split-complementary
#C99D56 #56BCC9 #6456C9
monochromatic
#7D5C28 #AB7F37 #C99D56 #D8B884 #E7D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#C99D56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#C99D56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D56
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C99D56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C99D561.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9E50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A958
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9918C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c99d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 77.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb987',
    500: '#c99d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c99d56;
$custom-light: #dcb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c99d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.043,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C99D56
secondary
#A6B8D5
accent
#83DB4D
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FBF6F0
border
#D4D0CB
text
#15110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

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#C99D56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva