#C99D38#C99D38

#C99D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D38
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 6.25, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 56.88, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0122 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.126 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8604, 36.8195, 8.9061)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D38 #3864C9

analogous

#C95438 #C99D38 #ACC938

triadic

#C99D38 #38C99D #9D38C9

tetradic

#C99D38 #38C954 #3864C9 #C938AC

square

#C99D38 #38C954 #3864C9 #C938AC

split-complementary

#C99D38 #38ACC9 #5438C9

monochromatic

#6A521D #9A782A #C99D38 #D6B568 #E3CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C99D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D38

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D38	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb975',
    500: '#c99d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d38;
$custom-light: #deb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D38

secondary

#8EA2CF

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D38

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

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