#C99142#C99142

#C99142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99142
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 13.31, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 50.81, 74.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0341 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.117 73)
XYZ	xyz(35.1984, 33.0644, 9.6814)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99142 #427AC9

analogous

#C94D42 #C99142 #BEC942

triadic

#C99142 #42C991 #9142C9

tetradic

#C99142 #42C94D #427AC9 #C942BE

square

#C99142 #42C94D #427AC9 #C942BE

split-complementary

#C99142 #42BEC9 #4D42C9

monochromatic

#704F20 #A0712E #C99142 #D7AD72 #E4C8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C99142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#C99142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99142

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99142	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb17a',
    500: '#c99142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99142;
$custom-light: #deb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69639,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.33062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99142

secondary

#96AED1

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99142

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

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