#C99836#C99836

#C99836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99836
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 8.87, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 56.77, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0195 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.126 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9838, 35.1430, 8.3774)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99836 #3667C9

analogous

#C94F36 #C99836 #B0C936

triadic

#C99836 #36C998 #9836C9

tetradic

#C99836 #36C94F #3667C9 #C936B0

square

#C99836 #36C94F #3667C9 #C936B0

split-complementary

#C99836 #36B0C9 #4F36C9

monochromatic

#694F1C #997429 #C99836 #D6B166 #E3C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C99836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C99836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99836

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99836	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb673',
    500: '#c99836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99836;
$custom-light: #deb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99836

secondary

#8CA2CE

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99836

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

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