#C99A31#C99A31

#C99A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A31
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 7.56, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 59.02, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0152 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.13 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1997, 35.7531, 7.8996)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A31 #3160C9

analogous

#C94E31 #C99A31 #ACC931

triadic

#C99A31 #31C99A #9A31C9

tetradic

#C99A31 #31C94E #3160C9 #C931AC

square

#C99A31 #31C94E #3160C9 #C931AC

split-complementary

#C99A31 #31ACC9 #4E31C9

monochromatic

#674F19 #987425 #C99A31 #D8B35F #E4CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C99A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A31

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb770',
    500: '#c99a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a31;
$custom-light: #deb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A31

secondary

#879DCF

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A31

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

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