#C99F46#C99F46

#C99F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F46
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 5.95, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 51.40, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0131 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.117 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5931, 37.6584, 11.0819)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F46 #4670C9

analogous

#C95D46 #C99F46 #B2C946

triadic

#C99F46 #46C99F #9F46C9

tetradic

#C99F46 #46C95D #4670C9 #C946B2

square

#C99F46 #46C95D #4670C9 #C946B2

split-complementary

#C99F46 #46B2C9 #5D46C9

monochromatic

#735922 #A27E2F #C99F46 #D7B875 #E5D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C99F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F46

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F46	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)

#B19F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7d',
    500: '#c99f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f46;
$custom-light: #ddbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F46

secondary

#99ABD2

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F46

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

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