#C99E53#C99E53

#C99E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E53
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 7.39, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 45.29, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.019 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.106 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8775, 37.4982, 13.4248)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E53 #537EC9

analogous

#C96353 #C99E53 #B9C953

triadic

#C99E53 #53C99E #9E53C9

tetradic

#C99E53 #53C963 #537EC9 #C953B9

square

#C99E53 #53C963 #537EC9 #C953B9

split-complementary

#C99E53 #53B9C9 #6353C9

monochromatic

#7B5C27 #AA7F35 #C99E53 #D8B882 #E6D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E53

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E53	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)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba85',
    500: '#c99e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e53;
$custom-light: #dcba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E53

secondary

#A3B5D4

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E53

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

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