#C99537#C99537

#C99537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99537
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 10.54, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 55.91, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0245 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.125 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5268, 34.1910, 8.3421)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99537 #376BC9

analogous

#C94C37 #C99537 #B4C937

triadic

#C99537 #37C995 #9537C9

tetradic

#C99537 #37C94C #376BC9 #C937B4

square

#C99537 #37C94C #376BC9 #C937B4

split-complementary

#C99537 #37B4C9 #4C37C9

monochromatic

#694E1C #997229 #C99537 #D6AF67 #E3C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C99537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C99537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99537

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99537	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb373',
    500: '#c99537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99537;
$custom-light: #deb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99537

secondary

#8DA5CF

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99537

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

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