#C99638#C99638

#C99638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99638
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 10.05, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 55.66, 79.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0232 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.124 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7099, 34.5184, 8.5226)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99638 #386BC9

analogous

#C94E38 #C99638 #B3C938

triadic

#C99638 #38C996 #9638C9

tetradic

#C99638 #38C94E #386BC9 #C938B3

square

#C99638 #38C94E #386BC9 #C938B3

split-complementary

#C99638 #38B3C9 #4E38C9

monochromatic

#6A4F1D #9A732A #C99638 #D6AF68 #E3C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C99638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C99638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99638

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99638	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb474',
    500: '#c99638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99638;
$custom-light: #deb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.897,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99638

secondary

#8EA5CF

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99638

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

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