#C99138#C99138

#C99138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99138
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 12.77, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 54.98, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0312 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.123 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9290, 32.9566, 8.2623)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99138 #3870C9

analogous

#C94938 #C99138 #B8C938

triadic

#C99138 #38C991 #9138C9

tetradic

#C99138 #38C949 #3870C9 #C938B8

square

#C99138 #38C949 #3870C9 #C938B8

split-complementary

#C99138 #38B8C9 #4938C9

monochromatic

#6A4C1D #9A6F2A #C99138 #D6AC68 #E3C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C99138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#C99138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99138

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99138	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb174',
    500: '#c99138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99138;
$custom-light: #deb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99138

secondary

#8EA7CF

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99138

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

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