#C99929#C99929

#C99929 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99929
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 79.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 7.79, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 61.68, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0149 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.133 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8813, 35.3627, 7.0333)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99929 #2959C9

analogous

#C94929 #C99929 #A9C929

triadic

#C99929 #29C999 #9929C9

tetradic

#C99929 #29C949 #2959C9 #C929A9

square

#C99929 #29C949 #2959C9 #C929A9

split-complementary

#C99929 #29A9C9 #4929C9

monochromatic

#634C14 #96721F #C99929 #DCB353 #E6C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C99929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C99929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99929

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99929	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)

#AD9911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66c',
    500: '#c99929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99929;
$custom-light: #deb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 66.116,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71003,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99929

secondary

#7E97D0

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99929

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

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