#C99F45#C99F45

#C99F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F45
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 5.89, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 51.83, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0128 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.118 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5618, 37.6459, 10.9171)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F45 #456FC9

analogous

#C95D45 #C99F45 #B1C945

triadic

#C99F45 #45C99F #9F45C9

tetradic

#C99F45 #45C95D #456FC9 #C945B1

square

#C99F45 #45C95D #456FC9 #C945B1

split-complementary

#C99F45 #45B1C9 #5D45C9

monochromatic

#725921 #A27D2F #C99F45 #D7B774 #E5D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C99F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F45

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F45	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7c',
    500: '#c99f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f45;
$custom-light: #ddbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F45

secondary

#98ABD1

accent

#79DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F45

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

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