#C99D36#C99D36

#C99D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D36
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 6.16, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 57.66, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0117 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.128 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8125, 36.8003, 8.6536)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D36 #3662C9

analogous

#C95436 #C99D36 #ABC936

triadic

#C99D36 #36C99D #9D36C9

tetradic

#C99D36 #36C954 #3662C9 #C936AB

square

#C99D36 #36C954 #3662C9 #C936AB

split-complementary

#C99D36 #36ABC9 #5436C9

monochromatic

#69521C #997729 #C99D36 #D6B566 #E3CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C99D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D36

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D36	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)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb973',
    500: '#c99d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d36;
$custom-light: #deb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D36

secondary

#8CA0CE

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D36

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

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