#C99D43#C99D43

#C99D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D43
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 6.85, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 52.29, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0153 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.119 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1596, 36.9392, 10.4819)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D43 #436FC9

analogous

#C95A43 #C99D43 #B2C943

triadic

#C99D43 #43C99D #9D43C9

tetradic

#C99D43 #43C95A #436FC9 #C943B2

square

#C99D43 #43C95A #436FC9 #C943B2

split-complementary

#C99D43 #43B2C9 #5A43C9

monochromatic

#715720 #A17B2E #C99D43 #D7B673 #E4CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C99D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D43

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D43	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb97b',
    500: '#c99d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d43;
$custom-light: #ddb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D43

secondary

#97AAD1

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D43

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

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