#C99F50#C99F50

#C99F50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F50
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 6.63, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 46.88, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0164 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9355, 37.7954, 12.8850)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F50 #507AC9

analogous

#C96350 #C99F50 #B6C950

triadic

#C99F50 #50C99F #9F50C9

tetradic

#C99F50 #50C963 #507AC9 #C950B6

square

#C99F50 #50C963 #507AC9 #C950B6

split-complementary

#C99F50 #50B6C9 #6350C9

monochromatic

#795C25 #A88034 #C99F50 #D7B97F #E6D2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C99F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C99F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F50

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F50	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb83',
    500: '#c99f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f50;
$custom-light: #ddbb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F50

secondary

#A1B3D4

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F50

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

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