#C99236#C99236

#C99236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99236
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 12.13, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 55.90, 77.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.029 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.125 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0345, 33.2444, 8.0609)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99236 #366DC9

analogous

#C94936 #C99236 #B6C936

triadic

#C99236 #36C992 #9236C9

tetradic

#C99236 #36C949 #366DC9 #C936B6

square

#C99236 #36C949 #366DC9 #C936B6

split-complementary

#C99236 #36B6C9 #4936C9

monochromatic

#694C1C #996F29 #C99236 #D6AC66 #E3C696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C99236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#C99236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99236

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99236	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb172',
    500: '#c99236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99236;
$custom-light: #deb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99236

secondary

#8CA5CE

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99236

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

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