#C99933#C99933

#C99933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99933
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 8.19, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 58.10, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0172 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.128 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0785, 35.4416, 8.0720)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99933 #3363C9

analogous

#C94E33 #C99933 #AEC933

triadic

#C99933 #33C999 #9933C9

tetradic

#C99933 #33C94E #3363C9 #C933AE

square

#C99933 #33C94E #3363C9 #C933AE

split-complementary

#C99933 #33AEC9 #4E33C9

monochromatic

#674F1A #987427 #C99933 #D7B262 #E4CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C99933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C99933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99933

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99933	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb671',
    500: '#c99933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99933;
$custom-light: #deb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99933

secondary

#899FCF

accent

#78E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99933

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

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