#C99540#C99540

#C99540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99540
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 11.02, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 52.19, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0271 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.119 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7625, 34.2853, 9.5837)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99540 #4074C9

analogous

#C95140 #C99540 #B9C940

triadic

#C99540 #40C995 #9540C9

tetradic

#C99540 #40C951 #4074C9 #C940B9

square

#C99540 #40C951 #4074C9 #C940B9

split-complementary

#C99540 #40B9C9 #5140C9

monochromatic

#6F511F #9F742D #C99540 #D6AF70 #E4CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C99540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C99540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99540

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99540	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb479',
    500: '#c99540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99540;
$custom-light: #deb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99540

secondary

#94ABD0

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99540

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

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