#C99C28#C99C28

#C99C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.135 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C28
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 6.13, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 62.51, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0101 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.135 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3612, 36.3503, 7.1083)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C28 #2855C9

analogous

#C94C28 #C99C28 #A5C928

triadic

#C99C28 #28C99C #9C28C9

tetradic

#C99C28 #28C94C #2855C9 #C928A5

square

#C99C28 #28C94C #2855C9 #C928A5

split-complementary

#C99C28 #28A5C9 #4C28C9

monochromatic

#634D14 #96741E #C99C28 #DDB652 #E7CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C99C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C28

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C28	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.135 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb86c',
    500: '#c99c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c28;
$custom-light: #deb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C28

secondary

#7D94D0

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C28

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

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