#C99A33#C99A33

#C99A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A33
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 7.64, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 58.27, 82.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0156 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.128 83)
XYZ	xyz(36.2429, 35.7704, 8.1268)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A33 #3362C9

analogous

#C94F33 #C99A33 #ADC933

triadic

#C99A33 #33C99A #9A33C9

tetradic

#C99A33 #33C94F #3362C9 #C933AD

square

#C99A33 #33C94F #3362C9 #C933AD

split-complementary

#C99A33 #33ADC9 #4F33C9

monochromatic

#674F1A #987527 #C99A33 #D7B262 #E4CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C99A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A33

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb772',
    500: '#c99a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a33;
$custom-light: #deb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71269,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.35768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A33

secondary

#899FCF

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A33

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

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