#C99B32#C99B32

#C99B32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B32
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 7.06, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 58.82, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0138 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.129 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3868, 36.0931, 8.0672)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B32 #3260C9

analogous

#C95032 #C99B32 #ACC932

triadic

#C99B32 #32C99B #9B32C9

tetradic

#C99B32 #32C950 #3260C9 #C932AC

square

#C99B32 #32C950 #3260C9 #C932AC

split-complementary

#C99B32 #32ACC9 #5032C9

monochromatic

#674F1A #987526 #C99B32 #D8B361 #E4CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B32

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb871',
    500: '#c99b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b32;
$custom-light: #deb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B32

secondary

#889ECF

accent

#75E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B32

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

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