#C99042#C99042

#C99042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99042
RGB	rgb(201, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 13.86, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 50.69, 74.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0357 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.117 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0463, 32.7602, 9.6307)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99042 #427BC9

analogous

#C94D42 #C99042 #BEC942

triadic

#C99042 #42C990 #9042C9

tetradic

#C99042 #42C94D #427BC9 #C942BE

square

#C99042 #42C94D #427BC9 #C942BE

split-complementary

#C99042 #42BEC9 #4D42C9

monochromatic

#704F20 #A0702E #C99042 #D7AC72 #E4C8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C99042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#C99042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99042

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99042	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)

#A4933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb07a',
    500: '#c99042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99042;
$custom-light: #deb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69447,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99042

secondary

#96AFD1

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99042

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

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