#C99F48#C99F48

#C99F48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F48
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 6.08, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 50.51, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0138 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.116 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6573, 37.6841, 11.4200)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F48 #4872C9

analogous

#C95E48 #C99F48 #B2C948

triadic

#C99F48 #48C99F #9F48C9

tetradic

#C99F48 #48C95E #4872C9 #C948B2

square

#C99F48 #48C95E #4872C9 #C948B2

split-complementary

#C99F48 #48B2C9 #5E48C9

monochromatic

#745A22 #A47E30 #C99F48 #D7B877 #E5D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C99F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F48

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F48	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7e',
    500: '#c99f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f48;
$custom-light: #ddbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F48

secondary

#9BADD2

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F48

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

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