#C99C33#C99C33

#C99C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C33
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 6.56, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 58.63, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0125 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.129 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5757, 36.4360, 8.2378)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C33 #3360C9

analogous

#C95133 #C99C33 #ABC933

triadic

#C99C33 #33C99C #9C33C9

tetradic

#C99C33 #33C951 #3360C9 #C933AB

square

#C99C33 #33C951 #3360C9 #C933AB

split-complementary

#C99C33 #33ABC9 #5133C9

monochromatic

#67501A #987627 #C99C33 #D7B462 #E4CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C99C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C33

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C33	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)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb872',
    500: '#c99c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c33;
$custom-light: #deb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C33

secondary

#899ECF

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C33

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

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