#C99835#C99835

#C99835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99835
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.82, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 57.16, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0193 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.127 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9606, 35.1337, 8.2550)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99835 #3566C9

analogous

#C94E35 #C99835 #B0C935

triadic

#C99835 #35C998 #9835C9

tetradic

#C99835 #35C94E #3566C9 #C935B0

square

#C99835 #35C94E #3566C9 #C935B0

split-complementary

#C99835 #35B0C9 #4E35C9

monochromatic

#684F1B #997328 #C99835 #D6B165 #E3C995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C99835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C99835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99835

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99835	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb672',
    500: '#c99835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99835;
$custom-light: #deb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99835

secondary

#8BA2CE

accent

#7AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99835

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

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