#C99542#C99542

#C99542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99542
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 11.13, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 51.33, 77.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0277 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.117 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8204, 34.3084, 9.8888)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99542 #4276C9

analogous

#C95242 #C99542 #BAC942

triadic

#C99542 #42C995 #9542C9

tetradic

#C99542 #42C952 #4276C9 #C942BA

square

#C99542 #42C952 #4276C9 #C942BA

split-complementary

#C99542 #42BAC9 #5242C9

monochromatic

#705220 #A0742E #C99542 #D7B072 #E4CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C99542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C99542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99542

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99542	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)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb47a',
    500: '#c99542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99542;
$custom-light: #ddb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99542

secondary

#96ADD1

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99542

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

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