#C99E42#C99E42

#C99E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E42
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 6.25, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 52.93, 83.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0135 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.12 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2998, 37.2671, 10.3819)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E42 #426DC9

analogous

#C95B42 #C99E42 #B1C942

triadic

#C99E42 #42C99E #9E42C9

tetradic

#C99E42 #42C95B #426DC9 #C942B1

square

#C99E42 #42C95B #426DC9 #C942B1

split-complementary

#C99E42 #42B1C9 #5B42C9

monochromatic

#705720 #A07C2E #C99E42 #D7B672 #E4CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C99E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E42

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E42	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7b',
    500: '#c99e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e42;
$custom-light: #ddba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E42

secondary

#96A9D1

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E42

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

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