#C99A35#C99A35

#C99A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A35
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 7.73, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 57.50, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0161 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.127 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2879, 35.7884, 8.3641)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A35 #3564C9

analogous

#C95035 #C99A35 #AEC935

triadic

#C99A35 #35C99A #9A35C9

tetradic

#C99A35 #35C950 #3564C9 #C935AE

square

#C99A35 #35C950 #3564C9 #C935AE

split-complementary

#C99A35 #35AEC9 #5035C9

monochromatic

#68501B #997528 #C99A35 #D6B265 #E3CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C99A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A35

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A35	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb773',
    500: '#c99a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a35;
$custom-light: #deb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71284,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A35

secondary

#8BA1CE

accent

#78E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A35

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

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