#C99F40#C99F40

#C99F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F40
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 5.60, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 53.99, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0113 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.122 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4131, 37.5864, 10.1338)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F40 #406AC9

analogous

#C95B40 #C99F40 #AEC940

triadic

#C99F40 #40C99F #9F40C9

tetradic

#C99F40 #40C95B #406AC9 #C940AE

square

#C99F40 #40C95B #406AC9 #C940AE

split-complementary

#C99F40 #40AEC9 #5B40C9

monochromatic

#6F571F #9F7C2D #C99F40 #D6B770 #E4CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C99F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F40

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F40	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb79',
    500: '#c99f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f40;
$custom-light: #ddbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F40

secondary

#94A7D0

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F40

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

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