#C99E3F#C99E3F

#C99E3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E3F
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 6.08, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 54.20, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0126 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.122 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2136, 37.2326, 9.9282)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E3F #3F6AC9

analogous

#C9593F #C99E3F #AFC93F

triadic

#C99E3F #3FC99E #9E3FC9

tetradic

#C99E3F #3FC959 #3F6AC9 #C93FAF

square

#C99E3F #3FC959 #3F6AC9 #C93FAF

split-complementary

#C99E3F #3FAFC9 #593FC9

monochromatic

#6F561F #9E7B2D #C99E3F #D6B66F #E4CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C99E3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E3F

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E3F	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba79',
    500: '#c99e3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e3f;
$custom-light: #ddba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E3F

secondary

#94A6D0

accent

#77DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E3F

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

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