#C99C3C#C99C3C

#C99C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C3C
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 7.00, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 55.06, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0149 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.123 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7937, 36.5232, 9.3859)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C3C #3C69C9

analogous

#C9553C #C99C3C #AFC93C

triadic

#C99C3C #3CC99C #9C3CC9

tetradic

#C99C3C #3CC955 #3C69C9 #C93CAF

square

#C99C3C #3CC955 #3C69C9 #C93CAF

split-complementary

#C99C3C #3CAFC9 #553CC9

monochromatic

#6D531E #9C782B #C99C3C #D6B46C #E4CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C99C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C3C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C3C	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)

#AF9C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb877',
    500: '#c99c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c3c;
$custom-light: #deb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C3C

secondary

#91A5D0

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C3C

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

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