#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
RGBrgb(201, 152, 55)
HSLhsl(40, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.87, 8.91, 55.67)
CIE-LCHlch(65.87, 56.37, 80.90°)
OKLaboklab(70.9% 0.0198 0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(70.9% 0.125 80.9)
XYZxyz(36.0075, 35.1525, 8.5023)
Luminance0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C998371.002.628.038.03
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0321.001.001.00
##0000008.0321.001.001.00

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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#C99837 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva