#C99F43#C99F43

#C99F43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F43
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 5.77, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 52.71, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0122 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.12 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5008, 37.6215, 10.5956)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F43 #436DC9

analogous

#C95C43 #C99F43 #B0C943

triadic

#C99F43 #43C99F #9F43C9

tetradic

#C99F43 #43C95C #436DC9 #C943B0

square

#C99F43 #43C95C #436DC9 #C943B0

split-complementary

#C99F43 #43B0C9 #5C43C9

monochromatic

#715820 #A17D2E #C99F43 #D7B773 #E4D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C99F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C99F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F43

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F43	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)

#B19F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7b',
    500: '#c99f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f43;
$custom-light: #ddbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F43

secondary

#97A9D1

accent

#78DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F43

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

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