#C99F53#C99F53

#C99F53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F53
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 6.85, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 45.49, 81.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0174 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.107 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0488, 37.8407, 13.4819)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F53 #537DC9

analogous

#C96453 #C99F53 #B8C953

triadic

#C99F53 #53C99F #9F53C9

tetradic

#C99F53 #53C964 #537DC9 #C953B8

square

#C99F53 #53C964 #537DC9 #C953B8

split-complementary

#C99F53 #53B8C9 #6453C9

monochromatic

#7B5D27 #AA8035 #C99F53 #D8B982 #E6D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C99F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C99F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F53

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F53	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb85',
    500: '#c99f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f53;
$custom-light: #dcbb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F53

secondary

#A3B5D4

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F53

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

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