#C99B30#C99B30

#C99B30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B30
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 6.97, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 59.56, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0134 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.13 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3446, 36.0762, 7.8449)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B30 #305EC9

analogous

#C94F30 #C99B30 #ABC930

triadic

#C99B30 #30C99B #9B30C9

tetradic

#C99B30 #30C94F #305EC9 #C930AB

square

#C99B30 #30C94F #305EC9 #C930AB

split-complementary

#C99B30 #30ABC9 #4F30C9

monochromatic

#664F18 #987524 #C99B30 #D8B45E #E4CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C99B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B30

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B30	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)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb870',
    500: '#c99b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b30;
$custom-light: #deb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71446,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B30

secondary

#869CCF

accent

#74E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B30

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

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