#C99F42#C99F42

#C99F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F42
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 5.71, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 53.14, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0119 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.12 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4710, 37.6096, 10.4390)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F42 #426CC9

analogous

#C95B42 #C99F42 #B0C942

triadic

#C99F42 #42C99F #9F42C9

tetradic

#C99F42 #42C95B #426CC9 #C942B0

square

#C99F42 #42C95B #426CC9 #C942B0

split-complementary

#C99F42 #42B0C9 #5B42C9

monochromatic

#705720 #A07C2E #C99F42 #D7B772 #E4CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C99F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F42

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F42	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7b',
    500: '#c99f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f42;
$custom-light: #ddbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F42

secondary

#96A8D1

accent

#78DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F42

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

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