#C99238#C99238

#C99238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99238
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 12.22, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 55.10, 77.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0296 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.123 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0824, 33.2636, 8.3134)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99238 #386FC9

analogous

#C94938 #C99238 #B8C938

triadic

#C99238 #38C992 #9238C9

tetradic

#C99238 #38C949 #386FC9 #C938B8

square

#C99238 #38C949 #386FC9 #C938B8

split-complementary

#C99238 #38B8C9 #4938C9

monochromatic

#6A4D1D #9A6F2A #C99238 #D6AC68 #E3C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C99238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#C99238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99238

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99238	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb174',
    500: '#c99238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99238;
$custom-light: #deb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69737,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99238

secondary

#8EA7CF

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99238

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

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