#C99E48#C99E48

#C99E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E48
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 6.62, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 50.30, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0153 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.115 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4860, 37.3416, 11.3629)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E48 #4873C9

analogous

#C95D48 #C99E48 #B3C948

triadic

#C99E48 #48C99E #9E48C9

tetradic

#C99E48 #48C95D #4873C9 #C948B3

square

#C99E48 #48C95D #4873C9 #C948B3

split-complementary

#C99E48 #48B3C9 #5D48C9

monochromatic

#745922 #A47D30 #C99E48 #D7B777 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E48

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E48	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)

#B09E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7e',
    500: '#c99e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e48;
$custom-light: #ddba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E48

secondary

#9BADD2

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E48

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

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