#C99D39#C99D39

#C99D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D39
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 6.30, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 56.48, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0125 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.126 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8851, 36.8294, 9.0362)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D39 #3965C9

analogous

#C95539 #C99D39 #ADC939

triadic

#C99D39 #39C99D #9D39C9

tetradic

#C99D39 #39C955 #3965C9 #C939AD

square

#C99D39 #39C955 #3965C9 #C939AD

split-complementary

#C99D39 #39ADC9 #5539C9

monochromatic

#6B531D #9B782A #C99D39 #D6B569 #E3CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C99D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D39

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D39	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb975',
    500: '#c99d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d39;
$custom-light: #deb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D39

secondary

#8FA2CF

accent

#76E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D39

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

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