#C99B35#C99B35

#C99B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B35
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 7.19, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.68, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0146 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.127 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4536, 36.1198, 8.4193)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B35 #3563C9

analogous

#C95135 #C99B35 #ADC935

triadic

#C99B35 #35C99B #9B35C9

tetradic

#C99B35 #35C951 #3563C9 #C935AD

square

#C99B35 #35C951 #3563C9 #C935AD

split-complementary

#C99B35 #35ADC9 #5135C9

monochromatic

#68501B #997628 #C99B35 #D6B365 #E3CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C99B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B35

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb873',
    500: '#c99b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b35;
$custom-light: #deb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B35

secondary

#8BA0CE

accent

#77E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B35

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

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