#C99C42#C99C42

#C99C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C42
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 7.33, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 52.53, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0166 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.119 82)
XYZ	xyz(36.9614, 36.5903, 10.2691)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C42 #426FC9

analogous

#C95842 #C99C42 #B3C942

triadic

#C99C42 #42C99C #9C42C9

tetradic

#C99C42 #42C958 #426FC9 #C942B3

square

#C99C42 #42C958 #426FC9 #C942B3

split-complementary

#C99C42 #42B3C9 #5842C9

monochromatic

#705620 #A07A2E #C99C42 #D7B572 #E4CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C99C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C42

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C42	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97a',
    500: '#c99c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c42;
$custom-light: #ddb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C42

secondary

#96AAD1

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C42

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

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