#C99A30#C99A30

#C99A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A30
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 7.51, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 59.39, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0149 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.13 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1788, 35.7447, 7.7897)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A30 #305FC9

analogous

#C94E30 #C99A30 #ACC930

triadic

#C99A30 #30C99A #9A30C9

tetradic

#C99A30 #30C94E #305FC9 #C930AC

square

#C99A30 #30C94E #305FC9 #C930AC

split-complementary

#C99A30 #30ACC9 #4E30C9

monochromatic

#664E18 #987424 #C99A30 #D8B35E #E4CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C99A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A30

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A30	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb770',
    500: '#c99a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a30;
$custom-light: #deb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A30

secondary

#869CCF

accent

#75E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A30

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

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