#C99740#C99740

#C99740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99740
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 9.93, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 52.50, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0239 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.119 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0817, 34.9235, 9.6900)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99740 #4072C9

analogous

#C95340 #C99740 #B7C940

triadic

#C99740 #40C997 #9740C9

tetradic

#C99740 #40C953 #4072C9 #C940B7

square

#C99740 #40C953 #4072C9 #C940B7

split-complementary

#C99740 #40B7C9 #5340C9

monochromatic

#6F521F #9F752D #C99740 #D6B170 #E4CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C99740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C99740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99740

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99740	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb579',
    500: '#c99740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99740;
$custom-light: #ddb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99740

secondary

#94AAD0

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99740

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

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