#C99E47#C99E47

#C99E47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E47
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 6.56, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 50.74, 82.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.015 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.116 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4537, 37.3286, 11.1925)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E47 #4772C9

analogous

#C95D47 #C99E47 #B3C947

triadic

#C99E47 #47C99E #9E47C9

tetradic

#C99E47 #47C95D #4772C9 #C947B3

square

#C99E47 #47C95D #4772C9 #C947B3

split-complementary

#C99E47 #47B3C9 #5D47C9

monochromatic

#745922 #A37D30 #C99E47 #D7B776 #E5D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E47

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E47	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7e',
    500: '#c99e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e47;
$custom-light: #ddba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E47

secondary

#9AACD2

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E47

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

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