#C99E52#C99E52

#C99E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E52
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 7.31, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 45.75, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0187 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.107 80)
XYZ	xyz(37.8392, 37.4828, 13.2229)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E52 #527DC9

analogous

#C96252 #C99E52 #B9C952

triadic

#C99E52 #52C99E #9E52C9

tetradic

#C99E52 #52C962 #527DC9 #C952B9

square

#C99E52 #52C962 #527DC9 #C952B9

split-complementary

#C99E52 #52B9C9 #6252C9

monochromatic

#7A5C26 #A97F35 #C99E52 #D8B881 #E6D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E52

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E52	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba85',
    500: '#c99e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e52;
$custom-light: #dcba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E52

secondary

#A3B5D4

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E52

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

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