#C99837#C99837

#C99837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99837
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 8.91, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 56.37, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0198 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.125 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0075, 35.1525, 8.5023)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99837 #3768C9

analogous

#C94F37 #C99837 #B1C937

triadic

#C99837 #37C998 #9837C9

tetradic

#C99837 #37C94F #3768C9 #C937B1

square

#C99837 #37C94F #3768C9 #C937B1

split-complementary

#C99837 #37B1C9 #4F37C9

monochromatic

#694F1C #997429 #C99837 #D6B167 #E3CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C99837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C99837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99837

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99837	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb674',
    500: '#c99837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99837;
$custom-light: #deb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99837

secondary

#8DA3CF

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99837

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

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