#C99D32#C99D32

#C99D32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D32
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 5.98, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 59.19, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0107 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.13 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7224, 36.7643, 8.1791)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D32 #325EC9

analogous

#C95232 #C99D32 #A9C932

triadic

#C99D32 #32C99D #9D32C9

tetradic

#C99D32 #32C952 #325EC9 #C932A9

square

#C99D32 #32C952 #325EC9 #C932A9

split-complementary

#C99D32 #32A9C9 #5232C9

monochromatic

#67501A #987726 #C99D32 #D8B561 #E4CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C99D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D32

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D32	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)

#B19D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb971',
    500: '#c99d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d32;
$custom-light: #deb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D32

secondary

#889DCF

accent

#73E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D32

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

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