#C99C41#C99C41

#C99C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C41
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 7.27, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 52.96, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0163 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.12 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9322, 36.5786, 10.1152)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C41 #416EC9

analogous

#C95841 #C99C41 #B2C941

triadic

#C99C41 #41C99C #9C41C9

tetradic

#C99C41 #41C958 #416EC9 #C941B2

square

#C99C41 #41C958 #416EC9 #C941B2

split-complementary

#C99C41 #41B2C9 #5841C9

monochromatic

#705520 #9F7A2D #C99C41 #D7B571 #E4CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C99C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C41

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C41	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97a',
    500: '#c99c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c41;
$custom-light: #ddb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71787,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C41

secondary

#95A9D1

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C41

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

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