#C99C2A#C99C2A

#C99C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C2A
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 6.20, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 61.85, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0105 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.134 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3961, 36.3642, 7.2921)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C2A #2A57C9

analogous

#C94D2A #C99C2A #A6C92A

triadic

#C99C2A #2AC99C #9C2AC9

tetradic

#C99C2A #2AC94D #2A57C9 #C92AA6

square

#C99C2A #2AC94D #2A57C9 #C92AA6

split-complementary

#C99C2A #2AA6C9 #4D2AC9

monochromatic

#644D15 #96751F #C99C2A #DBB555 #E6CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C99C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C2A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C2A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb86d',
    500: '#c99c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c2a;
$custom-light: #deb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.019,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71607,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C2A

secondary

#7F96D0

accent

#6FE83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C2A

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

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