#C99242#C99242

#C99242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99242
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 12.77, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 50.93, 75.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0325 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.117 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3519, 33.3714, 9.7326)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99242 #4279C9

analogous

#C94F42 #C99242 #BCC942

triadic

#C99242 #42C992 #9242C9

tetradic

#C99242 #42C94F #4279C9 #C942BC

square

#C99242 #42C94F #4279C9 #C942BC

split-complementary

#C99242 #42BCC9 #4F42C9

monochromatic

#705020 #A0712E #C99242 #D7AD72 #E4C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C99242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#C99242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99242

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99242	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb17a',
    500: '#c99242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99242;
$custom-light: #deb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99242

secondary

#96AED1

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99242

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

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