#C99442#C99442

#C99442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99442
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 11.68, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 51.19, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0293 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.117 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6629, 33.9934, 9.8363)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99442 #4277C9

analogous

#C95042 #C99442 #BBC942

triadic

#C99442 #42C994 #9442C9

tetradic

#C99442 #42C950 #4277C9 #C942BB

square

#C99442 #42C950 #4277C9 #C942BB

split-complementary

#C99442 #42BBC9 #5042C9

monochromatic

#705120 #A0732E #C99442 #D7AF72 #E4CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C99442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#C99442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99442

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99442	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb37a',
    500: '#c99442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99442;
$custom-light: #ddb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99442

secondary

#96ADD1

accent

#84DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99442

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

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