#C99A40#C99A40

#C99A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A40
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 8.30, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 53.01, 80.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0192 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.12 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5706, 35.9015, 9.8530)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A40 #406FC9

analogous

#C95640 #C99A40 #B4C940

triadic

#C99A40 #40C99A #9A40C9

tetradic

#C99A40 #40C956 #406FC9 #C940B4

square

#C99A40 #40C956 #406FC9 #C940B4

split-complementary

#C99A40 #40B4C9 #5640C9

monochromatic

#6F541F #9F782D #C99A40 #D6B370 #E4CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C99A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A40

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A40	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb779',
    500: '#c99a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a40;
$custom-light: #ddb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A40

secondary

#94A9D0

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A40

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

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