#c99e53

Color #c99e53

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 15.54 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c99e53

RGB

rgb(201, 158, 83)

HSL

hsl(38.1, 52.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.1, 58.7%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(67.65, 7.39, 44.68)

LCH

lch(67.65, 45.29, 80.61)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.1063, 79.7)

HWB

hwb(38.1, 32.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#537ec9

Analogous

#c96353

#c99e53

#b9c953

Triadic

#c99e53

#53c99e

#9e53c9

Split-complementary

#c99e53

#53b9c9

#6353c9

Tetradic

#c99e53

#7ec953

#537ec9

#9e53c9

Square

#c99e53

#53c963

#537ec9

#c953b9

Shades

Color #c99e53 mixed toward black.

#b48739

#906c2d

#6c5122

#483617

#241b0b

Tints

Color #c99e53 mixed toward white.

#d2ae70

#dbbe8c

#e4cea9

#eddfc6

#f6efe2

Tones

Color #c99e53 mixed toward gray.

#bf9b5d

#b59967

#ac9671

#a2937a

#989184

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b86b · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#babd70 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#c77b7e · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c99e53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c99e53]

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Floral White #fffaf0

Frequently asked questions

#c99e53 (#c99e53) is rgb(201, 158, 83) in RGB.

No, #c99e53 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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