#C99C38#C99C38

#C99C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C38
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 6.79, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 56.68, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0138 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.126 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6919, 36.4825, 8.8499)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C38 #3865C9

analogous

#C95338 #C99C38 #AEC938

triadic

#C99C38 #38C99C #9C38C9

tetradic

#C99C38 #38C953 #3865C9 #C938AE

square

#C99C38 #38C953 #3865C9 #C938AE

split-complementary

#C99C38 #38AEC9 #5338C9

monochromatic

#6A521D #9A772A #C99C38 #D6B468 #E3CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C99C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C38

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C38	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb874',
    500: '#c99c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c38;
$custom-light: #deb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71706,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C38

secondary

#8EA2CF

accent

#77E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C38

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

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