#C99E4E#C99E4E

#C99E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E4E
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 7.02, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 47.59, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0173 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.11 81)
XYZ	xyz(37.6914, 37.4237, 12.4445)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E4E #4E79C9

analogous

#C9604E #C99E4E #B7C94E

triadic

#C99E4E #4EC99E #9E4EC9

tetradic

#C99E4E #4EC960 #4E79C9 #C94EB7

square

#C99E4E #4EC960 #4E79C9 #C94EB7

split-complementary

#C99E4E #4EB7C9 #604EC9

monochromatic

#785B25 #A77E33 #C99E4E #D7B87D #E6D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C99E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E4E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E4E	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba82',
    500: '#c99e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e4e;
$custom-light: #ddba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.37421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E4E

secondary

#9FB2D3

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E4E

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

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