#C99B2D#C99B2D

#C99B2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B2D
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 6.85, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 60.64, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0127 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.132 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2847, 36.0523, 7.5298)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B2D #2D5BC9

analogous

#C94D2D #C99B2D #A9C92D

triadic

#C99B2D #2DC99B #9B2DC9

tetradic

#C99B2D #2DC94D #2D5BC9 #C92DA9

square

#C99B2D #2DC94D #2D5BC9 #C92DA9

split-complementary

#C99B2D #2DA9C9 #4D2DC9

monochromatic

#654E17 #977422 #C99B2D #DAB459 #E5CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C99B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B2D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B2D	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb86e',
    500: '#c99b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b2d;
$custom-light: #deb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71426,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B2D

secondary

#8399CF

accent

#72E641

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B2D

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

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