#C99C3D#C99C3D

#C99C3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C3D
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 7.05, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 54.64, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0152 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8204, 36.5339, 9.5264)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C3D #3D6AC9

analogous

#C9563D #C99C3D #B0C93D

triadic

#C99C3D #3DC99C #9C3DC9

tetradic

#C99C3D #3DC956 #3D6AC9 #C93DB0

square

#C99C3D #3DC956 #3D6AC9 #C93DB0

split-complementary

#C99C3D #3DB0C9 #563DC9

monochromatic

#6D541E #9D792C #C99C3D #D6B46D #E4CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C99C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C3D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C3D	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb877',
    500: '#c99c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c3d;
$custom-light: #ddb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C3D

secondary

#92A6D0

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C3D

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

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