#C99440#C99440

#C99440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99440
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 11.56, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 52.05, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0287 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.118 76)
XYZ	xyz(35.6050, 33.9702, 9.5311)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99440 #4075C9

analogous

#C95040 #C99440 #BAC940

triadic

#C99440 #40C994 #9440C9

tetradic

#C99440 #40C950 #4075C9 #C940BA

square

#C99440 #40C950 #4075C9 #C940BA

split-complementary

#C99440 #40BAC9 #5040C9

monochromatic

#6F501F #9F732D #C99440 #D6AF70 #E4C99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C99440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C99440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99440

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99440	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb379',
    500: '#c99440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99440;
$custom-light: #deb379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70201,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99440

secondary

#94ACD0

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99440

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

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