#C99642#C99642

#C99642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99642
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 10.59, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 51.48, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0261 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.117 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9793, 34.6262, 9.9417)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99642 #4275C9

analogous

#C95242 #C99642 #B9C942

triadic

#C99642 #42C996 #9642C9

tetradic

#C99642 #42C952 #4275C9 #C942B9

square

#C99642 #42C952 #4275C9 #C942B9

split-complementary

#C99642 #42B9C9 #5242C9

monochromatic

#705220 #A0752E #C99642 #D7B072 #E4CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C99642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C99642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99642

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99642	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb47a',
    500: '#c99642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99642;
$custom-light: #ddb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99642

secondary

#96ACD1

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99642

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

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