#C99838#C99838

#C99838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99838
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 8.96, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 55.98, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0201 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.125 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0317, 35.1622, 8.6298)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99838 #3869C9

analogous

#C94F38 #C99838 #B1C938

triadic

#C99838 #38C998 #9838C9

tetradic

#C99838 #38C94F #3869C9 #C938B1

square

#C99838 #38C94F #3869C9 #C938B1

split-complementary

#C99838 #38B1C9 #4F38C9

monochromatic

#6A501D #9A742A #C99838 #D6B168 #E3CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C99838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C99838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99838

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99838	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb674',
    500: '#c99838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99838;
$custom-light: #deb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99838

secondary

#8EA4CF

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99838

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

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