#C99C43#C99C43

#C99C43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C43
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 7.39, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 52.09, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0169 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.118 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9911, 36.6022, 10.4257)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C43 #4370C9

analogous

#C95943 #C99C43 #B3C943

triadic

#C99C43 #43C99C #9C43C9

tetradic

#C99C43 #43C959 #4370C9 #C943B3

square

#C99C43 #43C959 #4370C9 #C943B3

split-complementary

#C99C43 #43B3C9 #5943C9

monochromatic

#715620 #A17A2E #C99C43 #D7B573 #E4CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C99C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C43

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C43	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)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97b',
    500: '#c99c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c43;
$custom-light: #ddb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71806,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C43

secondary

#97AAD1

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C43

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

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