#C99D34#C99D34

#C99D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D34
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 6.07, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 58.44, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0112 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.129 85)
XYZ	xyz(36.7665, 36.7819, 8.4113)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D34 #3460C9

analogous

#C95334 #C99D34 #ABC934

triadic

#C99D34 #34C99D #9D34C9

tetradic

#C99D34 #34C953 #3460C9 #C934AB

square

#C99D34 #34C953 #3460C9 #C934AB

split-complementary

#C99D34 #34ABC9 #5334C9

monochromatic

#68511B #987727 #C99D34 #D7B563 #E3CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C99D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D34

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D34	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb972',
    500: '#c99d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d34;
$custom-light: #deb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.36779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D34

secondary

#8A9ECE

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D34

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

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