#C99840#C99840

#C99840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99840
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 9.39, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 52.66, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0223 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.119 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2433, 35.2468, 9.7439)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99840 #4071C9

analogous

#C95440 #C99840 #B6C940

triadic

#C99840 #40C998 #9840C9

tetradic

#C99840 #40C954 #4071C9 #C940B6

square

#C99840 #40C954 #4071C9 #C940B6

split-complementary

#C99840 #40B6C9 #5440C9

monochromatic

#6F531F #9F762D #C99840 #D6B270 #E4CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C99840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C99840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99840

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99840	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb679',
    500: '#c99840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99840;
$custom-light: #ddb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99840

secondary

#94AAD0

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99840

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

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