#C99C40#C99C40

#C99C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C40
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 7.22, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 53.38, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.016 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.121 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9035, 36.5671, 9.9640)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C40 #406DC9

analogous

#C95840 #C99C40 #B1C940

triadic

#C99C40 #40C99C #9C40C9

tetradic

#C99C40 #40C958 #406DC9 #C940B1

square

#C99C40 #40C958 #406DC9 #C940B1

split-complementary

#C99C40 #40B1C9 #5840C9

monochromatic

#6F551F #9F792D #C99C40 #D6B570 #E4CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C99C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C40

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C40	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)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb979',
    500: '#c99c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c40;
$custom-light: #ddb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C40

secondary

#94A8D0

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C40

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

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