#C99538#C99538

#C99538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99538
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 10.59, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 55.51, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0248 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.124 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5510, 34.2006, 8.4696)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99538 #386CC9

analogous

#C94D38 #C99538 #B4C938

triadic

#C99538 #38C995 #9538C9

tetradic

#C99538 #38C94D #386CC9 #C938B4

square

#C99538 #38C94D #386CC9 #C938B4

split-complementary

#C99538 #38B4C9 #4D38C9

monochromatic

#6A4E1D #9A722A #C99538 #D6AF68 #E3C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C99538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#C99538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99538

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99538	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb374',
    500: '#c99538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99538;
$custom-light: #deb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99538

secondary

#8EA5CF

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99538

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

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