#C99D41#C99D41

#C99D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D41
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 6.73, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 53.15, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0147 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.12 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.1007, 36.9156, 10.1713)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D41 #416DC9

analogous

#C95941 #C99D41 #B1C941

triadic

#C99D41 #41C99D #9D41C9

tetradic

#C99D41 #41C959 #416DC9 #C941B1

square

#C99D41 #41C959 #416DC9 #C941B1

split-complementary

#C99D41 #41B1C9 #5941C9

monochromatic

#705620 #9F7B2D #C99D41 #D7B671 #E4CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C99D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D41

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D41	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97a',
    500: '#c99d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d41;
$custom-light: #ddb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71986,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.36913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D41

secondary

#95A8D1

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D41

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

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