#C99040#C99040

#C99040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99040
RGB	rgb(201, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 13.74, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 51.55, 74.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0351 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.118 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9884, 32.7370, 9.3256)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99040 #4079C9

analogous

#C94C40 #C99040 #BEC940

triadic

#C99040 #40C990 #9040C9

tetradic

#C99040 #40C94C #4079C9 #C940BE

square

#C99040 #40C94C #4079C9 #C940BE

split-complementary

#C99040 #40BEC9 #4C40C9

monochromatic

#6F4E1F #9F6F2D #C99040 #D6AC70 #E4C79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C99040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#C99040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99040

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99040	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb078',
    500: '#c99040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99040;
$custom-light: #deb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99040

secondary

#94ADD0

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99040

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

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