#C99D31#C99D31

#C99D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D31
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 5.94, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 59.56, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0105 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.131 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7010, 36.7558, 8.0667)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D31 #315DC9

analogous

#C95131 #C99D31 #A9C931

triadic

#C99D31 #31C99D #9D31C9

tetradic

#C99D31 #31C951 #315DC9 #C931A9

square

#C99D31 #31C951 #315DC9 #C931A9

split-complementary

#C99D31 #31A9C9 #5131C9

monochromatic

#675019 #987725 #C99D31 #D8B55F #E4CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C99D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D31

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D31	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb971',
    500: '#c99d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d31;
$custom-light: #deb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D31

secondary

#879CCF

accent

#72E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D31

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

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