#C99B31#C99B31

#C99B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B31
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 7.02, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 59.20, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0136 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.13 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.3654, 36.0846, 7.9548)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B31 #315FC9

analogous

#C94F31 #C99B31 #ABC931

triadic

#C99B31 #31C99B #9B31C9

tetradic

#C99B31 #31C94F #315FC9 #C931AB

square

#C99B31 #31C94F #315FC9 #C931AB

split-complementary

#C99B31 #31ABC9 #4F31C9

monochromatic

#674F19 #987525 #C99B31 #D8B35F #E4CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B31

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B31	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb871',
    500: '#c99b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b31;
$custom-light: #deb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.36082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B31

secondary

#879DCF

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B31

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

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