#C99928#C99928

#C99928 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.134 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99928
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 7.75, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 62.01, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0147 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.134 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8640, 35.3559, 6.9425)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99928 #2858C9

analogous

#C94928 #C99928 #A8C928

triadic

#C99928 #28C999 #9928C9

tetradic

#C99928 #28C949 #2858C9 #C928A8

square

#C99928 #28C949 #2858C9 #C928A8

split-complementary

#C99928 #28A8C9 #4928C9

monochromatic

#634B14 #96721E #C99928 #DDB352 #E7C985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C99928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C99928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99928

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99928	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.134 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66c',
    500: '#c99928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99928;
$custom-light: #deb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.112,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99928

secondary

#7D96D0

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99928

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

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