#C99C31#C99C31

#C99C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C31
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 6.48, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 59.38, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.012 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.13 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5325, 36.4188, 8.0105)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C31 #315EC9

analogous

#C95031 #C99C31 #AAC931

triadic

#C99C31 #31C99C #9C31C9

tetradic

#C99C31 #31C950 #315EC9 #C931AA

square

#C99C31 #31C950 #315EC9 #C931AA

split-complementary

#C99C31 #31AAC9 #5031C9

monochromatic

#675019 #987625 #C99C31 #D8B45F #E4CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C99C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C31

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C31	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb871',
    500: '#c99c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c31;
$custom-light: #deb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C31

secondary

#879CCF

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C31

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

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