#C99E5A#C99E5A

#C99E5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E5A
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 90)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 7.94, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 42.01, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0215 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.1 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1616, 37.6118, 14.9207)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E5A #5A85C9

analogous

#C9675A #C99E5A #BCC95A

triadic

#C99E5A #5AC99E #9E5AC9

tetradic

#C99E5A #5AC967 #5A85C9 #C95ABC

square

#C99E5A #5AC967 #5A85C9 #C95ABC

split-complementary

#C99E5A #5ABCC9 #675AC9

monochromatic

#7F5E2A #AD8039 #C99E5A #D8B988 #E7D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C99E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E5A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E5A	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba8a',
    500: '#c99e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e5a;
$custom-light: #dcba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.757,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7248,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E5A

secondary

#A9BAD6

accent

#84DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E5A

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

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