#C99E43#C99E43

#C99E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E43
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 6.31, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 52.49, 83.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0138 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.119 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3295, 37.2790, 10.5385)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E43 #436EC9

analogous

#C95B43 #C99E43 #B1C943

triadic

#C99E43 #43C99E #9E43C9

tetradic

#C99E43 #43C95B #436EC9 #C943B1

square

#C99E43 #43C95B #436EC9 #C943B1

split-complementary

#C99E43 #43B1C9 #5B43C9

monochromatic

#715720 #A17C2E #C99E43 #D7B773 #E4CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C99E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E43

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E43	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba7b',
    500: '#c99e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e43;
$custom-light: #ddba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E43

secondary

#97A9D1

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E43

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →