#C99D3F#C99D3F

#C99D3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D3F
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 6.62, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 54.00, 82.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0142 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.122 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0437, 36.8929, 9.8716)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D3F #3F6BC9

analogous

#C9583F #C99D3F #B0C93F

triadic

#C99D3F #3FC99D #9D3FC9

tetradic

#C99D3F #3FC958 #3F6BC9 #C93FB0

square

#C99D3F #3FC958 #3F6BC9 #C93FB0

split-complementary

#C99D3F #3FB0C9 #583FC9

monochromatic

#6F551F #9E7A2D #C99D3F #D6B56F #E4CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C99D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D3F

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D3F	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb979',
    500: '#c99d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d3f;
$custom-light: #ddb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D3F

secondary

#94A7D0

accent

#79DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D3F

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

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