#C99A2A#C99A2A

#C99A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A2A
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 7.28, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 61.50, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0136 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.133 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0633, 35.6985, 7.1811)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A2A #2A59C9

analogous

#C94A2A #C99A2A #A9C92A

triadic

#C99A2A #2AC99A #9A2AC9

tetradic

#C99A2A #2AC94A #2A59C9 #C92AA9

square

#C99A2A #2AC94A #2A59C9 #C92AA9

split-complementary

#C99A2A #2AA9C9 #4A2AC9

monochromatic

#644C15 #96731F #C99A2A #DBB455 #E6CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C99A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A2A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A2A	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb76d',
    500: '#c99a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a2a;
$custom-light: #deb76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.264,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71208,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A2A

secondary

#7F97D0

accent

#71E83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A2A

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

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