#C99D30#C99D30

#C99D30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D30
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 5.89, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 59.93, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0102 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.131 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6802, 36.7474, 7.9568)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D30 #305CC9

analogous

#C95130 #C99D30 #A9C930

triadic

#C99D30 #30C99D #9D30C9

tetradic

#C99D30 #30C951 #305CC9 #C930A9

square

#C99D30 #30C951 #305CC9 #C930A9

split-complementary

#C99D30 #30A9C9 #5130C9

monochromatic

#665018 #987624 #C99D30 #D8B55E #E4CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C99D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D30

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D30	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb970',
    500: '#c99d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d30;
$custom-light: #deb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.745,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D30

secondary

#869BCF

accent

#72E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D30

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

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