#C99A3C#C99A3C

#C99A3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A3C
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 8.08, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 54.69, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.018 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.123 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4608, 35.8576, 9.2749)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A3C #3C6BC9

analogous

#C9533C #C99A3C #B1C93C

triadic

#C99A3C #3CC99A #9A3CC9

tetradic

#C99A3C #3CC953 #3C6BC9 #C93CB1

square

#C99A3C #3CC953 #3C6BC9 #C93CB1

split-complementary

#C99A3C #3CB1C9 #533CC9

monochromatic

#6D521E #9C772B #C99A3C #D6B36C #E4CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C99A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A3C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A3C	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb777',
    500: '#c99a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a3c;
$custom-light: #deb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A3C

secondary

#91A6D0

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A3C

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

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