#C99234#C99234

#C99234 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99234
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 12.03, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 56.69, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0285 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.126 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9885, 33.2260, 7.8186)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99234 #346BC9

analogous

#C94734 #C99234 #B6C934

triadic

#C99234 #34C992 #9234C9

tetradic

#C99234 #34C947 #346BC9 #C934B6

square

#C99234 #34C947 #346BC9 #C934B6

split-complementary

#C99234 #34B6C9 #4734C9

monochromatic

#684B1B #986F27 #C99234 #D7AC63 #E3C694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C99234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#C99234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99234

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99234	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb171',
    500: '#c99234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99234;
$custom-light: #deb171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69704,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99234

secondary

#8AA3CE

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99234

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

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