#C99D40#C99D40

#C99D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D40
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 6.68, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 53.58, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0144 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.121 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0719, 36.9041, 10.0201)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D40 #406CC9

analogous

#C95940 #C99D40 #B0C940

triadic

#C99D40 #40C99D #9D40C9

tetradic

#C99D40 #40C959 #406CC9 #C940B0

square

#C99D40 #40C959 #406CC9 #C940B0

split-complementary

#C99D40 #40B0C9 #5940C9

monochromatic

#6F561F #9F7A2D #C99D40 #D6B570 #E4CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C99D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D40

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D40	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb979',
    500: '#c99d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d40;
$custom-light: #ddb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D40

secondary

#94A8D0

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D40

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

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