#C99C30#C99C30

#C99C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C30
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 6.43, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 59.74, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0118 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.131 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5117, 36.4104, 7.9006)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C30 #305DC9

analogous

#C95030 #C99C30 #AAC930

triadic

#C99C30 #30C99C #9C30C9

tetradic

#C99C30 #30C950 #305DC9 #C930AA

square

#C99C30 #30C950 #305DC9 #C930AA

split-complementary

#C99C30 #30AAC9 #5030C9

monochromatic

#664F18 #987624 #C99C30 #D8B45E #E4CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C99C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C30

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C30	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb870',
    500: '#c99c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c30;
$custom-light: #deb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C30

secondary

#869BCF

accent

#73E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C30

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

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