#C99239#C99239

#C99239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99239
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 12.27, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 54.70, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0298 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.123 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1071, 33.2735, 8.4435)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99239 #3970C9

analogous

#C94A39 #C99239 #B8C939

triadic

#C99239 #39C992 #9239C9

tetradic

#C99239 #39C94A #3970C9 #C939B8

square

#C99239 #39C94A #3970C9 #C939B8

split-complementary

#C99239 #39B8C9 #4A39C9

monochromatic

#6B4D1D #9B702A #C99239 #D6AC69 #E3C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C99239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#C99239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99239

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99239	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)

#A6942E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb174',
    500: '#c99239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99239;
$custom-light: #deb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99239

secondary

#8FA7CF

accent

#82E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99239

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

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