#C99E45#C99E45

#C99E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E45
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 6.43, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 51.62, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0144 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.118 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.3905, 37.3034, 10.8600)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E45 #4570C9

analogous

#C95C45 #C99E45 #B2C945

triadic

#C99E45 #45C99E #9E45C9

tetradic

#C99E45 #45C95C #4570C9 #C945B2

square

#C99E45 #45C95C #4570C9 #C945B2

split-complementary

#C99E45 #45B2C9 #5C45C9

monochromatic

#725821 #A27C2F #C99E45 #D7B774 #E5CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C99E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E45

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E45	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)

#B09E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7c',
    500: '#c99e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e45;
$custom-light: #ddba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E45

secondary

#98ABD1

accent

#7ADE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E45

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

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