#C99A2B#C99A2B

#C99A2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A2B
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 7.32, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 61.16, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0138 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.133 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.0814, 35.7058, 7.2766)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A2B #2B5AC9

analogous

#C94B2B #C99A2B #A9C92B

triadic

#C99A2B #2BC99A #9A2BC9

tetradic

#C99A2B #2BC94B #2B5AC9 #C92BA9

square

#C99A2B #2BC94B #2B5AC9 #C92BA9

split-complementary

#C99A2B #2BA9C9 #4B2BC9

monochromatic

#644D15 #977320 #C99A2B #DBB356 #E6CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C99A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A2B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A2B	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb76d',
    500: '#c99a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a2b;
$custom-light: #deb76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A2B

secondary

#8098CF

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A2B

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

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