#C99A39#C99A39

#C99A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A39
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 7.93, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 55.92, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0172 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.125 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3838, 35.8267, 8.8690)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A39 #3968C9

analogous

#C95239 #C99A39 #B0C939

triadic

#C99A39 #39C99A #9A39C9

tetradic

#C99A39 #39C952 #3968C9 #C939B0

square

#C99A39 #39C952 #3968C9 #C939B0

split-complementary

#C99A39 #39B0C9 #5239C9

monochromatic

#6B511D #9B762A #C99A39 #D6B369 #E3CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C99A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C99A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A39

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A39	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)

#AE9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb775',
    500: '#c99a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a39;
$custom-light: #deb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A39

secondary

#8FA4CF

accent

#79E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A39

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

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