#C99D5A#C99D5A

#C99D5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.100 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D5A
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 90)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 8.49, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 41.82, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0231 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.1 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9917, 37.2720, 14.8640)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D5A #5A86C9

analogous

#C9665A #C99D5A #BEC95A

triadic

#C99D5A #5AC99D #9D5AC9

tetradic

#C99D5A #5AC966 #5A86C9 #C95ABE

square

#C99D5A #5AC966 #5A86C9 #C95ABE

split-complementary

#C99D5A #5ABEC9 #665AC9

monochromatic

#7F5D2A #AD7F39 #C99D5A #D8B888 #E7D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C99D5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D5A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D5A	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.100 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb98a',
    500: '#c99d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d5a;
$custom-light: #dcb98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.216,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D5A

secondary

#A9BBD6

accent

#85DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D5A

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

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