#C99C35#C99C35

#C99C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C35
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 6.65, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 57.86, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.013 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.128 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6207, 36.4541, 8.4750)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C35 #3562C9

analogous

#C95235 #C99C35 #ACC935

triadic

#C99C35 #35C99C #9C35C9

tetradic

#C99C35 #35C952 #3562C9 #C935AC

square

#C99C35 #35C952 #3562C9 #C935AC

split-complementary

#C99C35 #35ACC9 #5235C9

monochromatic

#68511B #997628 #C99C35 #D6B465 #E3CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C99C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C35

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C35	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)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb873',
    500: '#c99c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c35;
$custom-light: #deb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71683,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C35

secondary

#8BA0CE

accent

#75E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C35

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

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