#C99A38#C99A38

#C99A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A38
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 7.88, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 56.32, 81.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0169 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.125 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3591, 35.8168, 8.7390)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A38 #3867C9

analogous

#C95238 #C99A38 #AFC938

triadic

#C99A38 #38C99A #9A38C9

tetradic

#C99A38 #38C952 #3867C9 #C938AF

square

#C99A38 #38C952 #3867C9 #C938AF

split-complementary

#C99A38 #38AFC9 #5238C9

monochromatic

#6A511D #9A762A #C99A38 #D6B268 #E3CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C99A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A38

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A38	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)

#AE9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb774',
    500: '#c99a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a38;
$custom-light: #deb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A38

secondary

#8EA3CF

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A38

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

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