#C99E44#C99E44

#C99E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E44
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 6.37, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 52.06, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0141 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.118 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3598, 37.2911, 10.6979)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E44 #446FC9

analogous

#C95C44 #C99E44 #B1C944

triadic

#C99E44 #44C99E #9E44C9

tetradic

#C99E44 #44C95C #446FC9 #C944B1

square

#C99E44 #44C95C #446FC9 #C944B1

split-complementary

#C99E44 #44B1C9 #5C44C9

monochromatic

#725821 #A17C2F #C99E44 #D7B773 #E4CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C99E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E44

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E44	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7c',
    500: '#c99e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e44;
$custom-light: #ddba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E44

secondary

#98AAD1

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E44

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

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