#C99E40#C99E40

#C99E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E40
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 6.14, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 53.78, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0129 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.121 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2418, 37.2439, 10.0768)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E40 #406BC9

analogous

#C95A40 #C99E40 #AFC940

triadic

#C99E40 #40C99E #9E40C9

tetradic

#C99E40 #40C95A #406BC9 #C940AF

square

#C99E40 #40C95A #406BC9 #C940AF

split-complementary

#C99E40 #40AFC9 #5A40C9

monochromatic

#6F561F #9F7B2D #C99E40 #D6B670 #E4CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C99E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E40

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E40	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)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba79',
    500: '#c99e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e40;
$custom-light: #ddba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E40

secondary

#94A7D0

accent

#78DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E40

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

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