#C99843#C99843

#C99843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99843
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 9.56, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 51.37, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0232 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.117 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3309, 35.2818, 10.2057)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99843 #4374C9

analogous

#C95543 #C99843 #B7C943

triadic

#C99843 #43C998 #9843C9

tetradic

#C99843 #43C955 #4374C9 #C943B7

square

#C99843 #43C955 #4374C9 #C943B7

split-complementary

#C99843 #43B7C9 #5543C9

monochromatic

#715420 #A1772E #C99843 #D7B273 #E4CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C99843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C99843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99843

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99843	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb67b',
    500: '#c99843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99843;
$custom-light: #ddb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71015,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99843

secondary

#97ACD1

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99843

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

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