#C99B25#C99B25

#C99B25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B25
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 81.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 6.57, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 63.29, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0111 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.136 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1451, 35.9964, 6.7942)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B25 #2553C9

analogous

#C94925 #C99B25 #A5C925

triadic

#C99B25 #25C99B #9B25C9

tetradic

#C99B25 #25C949 #2553C9 #C925A5

square

#C99B25 #25C949 #2553C9 #C925A5

split-complementary

#C99B25 #25A5C9 #4925C9

monochromatic

#624B12 #95731B #C99B25 #DEB54D #E8CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C99B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B25

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B25	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb86b',
    500: '#c99b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b25;
$custom-light: #deb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B25

secondary

#7992D0

accent

#6DEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B25

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

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