#C99F49#C99F49

#C99F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F49
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 6.15, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 50.06, 82.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0141 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.115 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.6902, 37.6973, 11.5932)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F49 #4973C9

analogous

#C95F49 #C99F49 #B3C949

triadic

#C99F49 #49C99F #9F49C9

tetradic

#C99F49 #49C95F #4973C9 #C949B3

square

#C99F49 #49C95F #4973C9 #C949B3

split-complementary

#C99F49 #49B3C9 #5F49C9

monochromatic

#755A23 #A47E31 #C99F49 #D7B878 #E5D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C99F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F49

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F49	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)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7f',
    500: '#c99f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f49;
$custom-light: #ddbb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F49

secondary

#9CADD2

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F49

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

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