#C99B33#C99B33

#C99B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B33
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 7.10, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 58.45, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0141 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.129 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4086, 36.1018, 8.1821)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B33 #3361C9

analogous

#C95033 #C99B33 #ACC933

triadic

#C99B33 #33C99B #9B33C9

tetradic

#C99B33 #33C950 #3361C9 #C933AC

square

#C99B33 #33C950 #3361C9 #C933AC

split-complementary

#C99B33 #33ACC9 #5033C9

monochromatic

#67501A #987527 #C99B33 #D7B362 #E4CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C99B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B33

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B33	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb872',
    500: '#c99b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b33;
$custom-light: #deb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71468,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B33

secondary

#899FCF

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B33

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

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