#C99B26#C99B26

#C99B26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B26
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 81.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 6.60, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 62.97, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0112 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.135 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1610, 36.0028, 6.8780)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B26 #2654C9

analogous

#C94926 #C99B26 #A6C926

triadic

#C99B26 #26C99B #9B26C9

tetradic

#C99B26 #26C949 #2654C9 #C926A6

square

#C99B26 #26C949 #2654C9 #C926A6

split-complementary

#C99B26 #26A6C9 #4926C9

monochromatic

#624C13 #96731C #C99B26 #DEB54F #E7CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C99B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B26

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B26	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)

#AF9B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb86b',
    500: '#c99b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b26;
$custom-light: #deb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.067,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B26

secondary

#7B93D0

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B26

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

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