#C99E46#C99E46

#C99E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E46
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 6.49, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 51.18, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0147 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.117 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4218, 37.3159, 11.0248)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E46 #4671C9

analogous

#C95C46 #C99E46 #B3C946

triadic

#C99E46 #46C99E #9E46C9

tetradic

#C99E46 #46C95C #4671C9 #C946B3

square

#C99E46 #46C95C #4671C9 #C946B3

split-complementary

#C99E46 #46B3C9 #5C46C9

monochromatic

#735822 #A27D2F #C99E46 #D7B775 #E5D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C99E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E46

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E46	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)

#B09E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7d',
    500: '#c99e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e46;
$custom-light: #ddba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E46

secondary

#99ACD2

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E46

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

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