#C99B3C#C99B3C

#C99B3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B3C
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 7.54, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 54.87, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0164 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.123 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6266, 36.1890, 9.3302)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B3C #3C6AC9

analogous

#C9543C #C99B3C #B0C93C

triadic

#C99B3C #3CC99B #9B3CC9

tetradic

#C99B3C #3CC954 #3C6AC9 #C93CB0

square

#C99B3C #3CC954 #3C6AC9 #C93CB0

split-complementary

#C99B3C #3CB0C9 #543CC9

monochromatic

#6D531E #9C782B #C99B3C #D6B46C #E4CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C99B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C99B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B3C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B3C	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb877',
    500: '#c99b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b3c;
$custom-light: #deb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B3C

secondary

#91A6D0

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B3C

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

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