#C99C32#C99C32

#C99C32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C32
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 6.52, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 59.00, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0123 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.13 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5539, 36.4273, 8.1229)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C32 #325FC9

analogous

#C95132 #C99C32 #ABC932

triadic

#C99C32 #32C99C #9C32C9

tetradic

#C99C32 #32C951 #325FC9 #C932AB

square

#C99C32 #32C951 #325FC9 #C932AB

split-complementary

#C99C32 #32ABC9 #5132C9

monochromatic

#67501A #987626 #C99C32 #D8B461 #E4CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C99C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C32

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C32	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb871',
    500: '#c99c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c32;
$custom-light: #deb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7166,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C32

secondary

#889DCF

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C32

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

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