#C99A42#C99A42

#C99A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A42
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 8.42, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 52.15, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0198 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.118 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6285, 35.9246, 10.1581)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A42 #4271C9

analogous

#C95642 #C99A42 #B5C942

triadic

#C99A42 #42C99A #9A42C9

tetradic

#C99A42 #42C956 #4271C9 #C942B5

square

#C99A42 #42C956 #4271C9 #C942B5

split-complementary

#C99A42 #42B5C9 #5642C9

monochromatic

#705420 #A0782E #C99A42 #D7B372 #E4CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C99A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A42

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb77a',
    500: '#c99a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a42;
$custom-light: #ddb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A42

secondary

#96AAD1

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A42

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

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