#C99C3B#C99C3B

#C99C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C3B
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 6.95, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 55.47, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0146 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.124 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7675, 36.5128, 9.2480)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C3B #3B68C9

analogous

#C9553B #C99C3B #AFC93B

triadic

#C99C3B #3BC99C #9C3BC9

tetradic

#C99C3B #3BC955 #3B68C9 #C93BAF

square

#C99C3B #3BC955 #3B68C9 #C93BAF

split-complementary

#C99C3B #3BAFC9 #553BC9

monochromatic

#6C531E #9C782B #C99C3B #D6B46B #E3CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C99C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C3B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C3B	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb876',
    500: '#c99c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c3b;
$custom-light: #deb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C3B

secondary

#90A4CF

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C3B

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

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