#C99235#C99235

#C99235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99235
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 12.08, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 56.30, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0288 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.125 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0113, 33.2351, 7.9385)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99235 #356CC9

analogous

#C94835 #C99235 #B6C935

triadic

#C99235 #35C992 #9235C9

tetradic

#C99235 #35C948 #356CC9 #C935B6

square

#C99235 #35C948 #356CC9 #C935B6

split-complementary

#C99235 #35B6C9 #4835C9

monochromatic

#684C1B #996F28 #C99235 #D6AC65 #E3C695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C99235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#C99235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99235

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99235	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb172',
    500: '#c99235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99235;
$custom-light: #deb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99235

secondary

#8BA4CE

accent

#80E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99235

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

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