#C99A3D#C99A3D

#C99A3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C99A3D
RGBrgb(201, 154, 61)
HSLhsl(40, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(40, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.42, 8.13, 53.66)
CIE-LCHlch(66.42, 54.27, 81.38°)
OKLaboklab(71.35% 0.0183 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(71.35% 0.122 81.4)
XYZxyz(36.4875, 35.8682, 9.4155)
Luminance0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C99A3D #3D6CC9
analogous
#C9543D #C99A3D #B2C93D
triadic
#C99A3D #3DC99A #9A3DC9
tetradic
#C99A3D #3DC954 #3D6CC9 #C93DB2
square
#C99A3D #3DC954 #3D6CC9 #C93DB2
split-complementary
#C99A3D #3DB2C9 #543DC9
monochromatic
#6D531E #9D772C #C99A3D #D6B36D #E4CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#C99A3D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17
#C99A3D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A3D
8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C99A3D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C99A3D1.002.578.178.17
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1721.001.001.00
##0000008.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9B31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A641
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DA8C87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c99a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 81.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb777',
    500: '#c99a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c99a3d;
$custom-light: #deb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c99a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C99A3D
secondary
#92A7D0
accent
#7BE048
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#C99A3D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva