#C99B41#C99B41

#C99B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B41
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 7.82, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 52.77, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0179 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.119 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7651, 36.2444, 10.0595)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B41 #416FC9

analogous

#C95741 #C99B41 #B3C941

triadic

#C99B41 #41C99B #9B41C9

tetradic

#C99B41 #41C957 #416FC9 #C941B3

square

#C99B41 #41C957 #416FC9 #C941B3

split-complementary

#C99B41 #41B3C9 #5741C9

monochromatic

#705520 #9F792D #C99B41 #D7B471 #E4CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C99B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C99B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B41

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B41	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb87a',
    500: '#c99b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b41;
$custom-light: #ddb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B41

secondary

#95A9D1

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B41

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

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