#C99D37#C99D37

#C99D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D37
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 6.21, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 57.27, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.012 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.127 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8362, 36.8098, 8.7785)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D37 #3763C9

analogous

#C95437 #C99D37 #ACC937

triadic

#C99D37 #37C99D #9D37C9

tetradic

#C99D37 #37C954 #3763C9 #C937AC

square

#C99D37 #37C954 #3763C9 #C937AC

split-complementary

#C99D37 #37ACC9 #5437C9

monochromatic

#69521C #997829 #C99D37 #D6B567 #E3CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C99D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D37

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D37	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)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb974',
    500: '#c99d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d37;
$custom-light: #deb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71898,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D37

secondary

#8DA1CF

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D37

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

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