#C99E50#C99E50

#C99E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E50
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 7.17, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 46.67, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.018 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.109 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7642, 37.4528, 12.8279)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E50 #507BC9

analogous

#C96250 #C99E50 #B7C950

triadic

#C99E50 #50C99E #9E50C9

tetradic

#C99E50 #50C962 #507BC9 #C950B7

square

#C99E50 #50C962 #507BC9 #C950B7

split-complementary

#C99E50 #50B7C9 #6250C9

monochromatic

#795B25 #A87F34 #C99E50 #D7B87F #E6D2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C99E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E50

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E50	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba83',
    500: '#c99e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e50;
$custom-light: #ddba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.678,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72349,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E50

secondary

#A1B3D4

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E50

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

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