#C99F4E#C99F4E

#C99F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F4E
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 6.48, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 47.80, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0157 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.111 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8627, 37.7662, 12.5016)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F4E #4E78C9

analogous

#C9614E #C99F4E #B6C94E

triadic

#C99F4E #4EC99F #9F4EC9

tetradic

#C99F4E #4EC961 #4E78C9 #C94EB6

square

#C99F4E #4EC961 #4E78C9 #C94EB6

split-complementary

#C99F4E #4EB6C9 #614EC9

monochromatic

#785C25 #A77F33 #C99F4E #D7B87D #E6D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C99F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F4E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F4E	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb82',
    500: '#c99f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f4e;
$custom-light: #ddbb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F4E

secondary

#9FB1D3

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F4E

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

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