#C99D61#C99D61

#C99D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.094 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D61
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 9.09, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 38.54, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0258 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.094 74)
XYZ	xyz(38.3038, 37.3969, 16.5078)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D61 #618DC9

analogous

#C96961 #C99D61 #C1C961

triadic

#C99D61 #61C99D #9D61C9

tetradic

#C99D61 #61C969 #618DC9 #C961C1

square

#C99D61 #61C969 #618DC9 #C961C1

split-complementary

#C99D61 #61C1C9 #6961C9

monochromatic

#835E2D #B07F3C #C99D61 #D9B98F #E8D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C99D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D61

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D61	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.094 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb98f',
    500: '#c99d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d61;
$custom-light: #dcb98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D61

secondary

#AEC0D8

accent

#89D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D61

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

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