#C99A26#C99A26

#C99A26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A26
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 81.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 7.14, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 62.81, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0128 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.135 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9952, 35.6713, 6.8228)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A26 #2655C9

analogous

#C94826 #C99A26 #A7C926

triadic

#C99A26 #26C99A #9A26C9

tetradic

#C99A26 #26C948 #2655C9 #C926A7

square

#C99A26 #26C948 #2655C9 #C926A7

split-complementary

#C99A26 #26A7C9 #4826C9

monochromatic

#624B13 #96731C #C99A26 #DEB44F #E7CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C99A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A26

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A26	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb76b',
    500: '#c99a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a26;
$custom-light: #deb76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A26

secondary

#7B93D0

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A26

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

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