#C99D65#C99D65

#C99D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.090 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D65
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 101)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 49.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 9.46, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 36.66, 75.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0273 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.09 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4950, 37.4734, 17.5149)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D65 #6591C9

analogous

#C96B65 #C99D65 #C3C965

triadic

#C99D65 #65C99D #9D65C9

tetradic

#C99D65 #65C96B #6591C9 #C965C3

square

#C99D65 #65C96B #6591C9 #C965C3

split-complementary

#C99D65 #65C3C9 #6B65C9

monochromatic

#855F2F #B27F3F #C99D65 #D9BA92 #E9D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C99D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D65

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D65	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.090 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb992',
    500: '#c99d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d65;
$custom-light: #dcb992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D65

secondary

#B1C3D8

accent

#8CD850

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D65

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

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