#C99E49#C99E49

#C99E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E49
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 6.69, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 49.85, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0157 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.115 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5189, 37.3547, 11.5361)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E49 #4974C9

analogous

#C95E49 #C99E49 #B4C949

triadic

#C99E49 #49C99E #9E49C9

tetradic

#C99E49 #49C95E #4974C9 #C949B4

square

#C99E49 #49C95E #4974C9 #C949B4

split-complementary

#C99E49 #49B4C9 #5E49C9

monochromatic

#755923 #A47D31 #C99E49 #D7B778 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E49

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E49	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7f',
    500: '#c99e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e49;
$custom-light: #ddba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E49

secondary

#9CAED2

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E49

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

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