#C99D3B#C99D3B

#C99D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D3B
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 6.41, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.66, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.013 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.124 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.9360, 36.8498, 9.3041)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D3B #3B67C9

analogous

#C9563B #C99D3B #AEC93B

triadic

#C99D3B #3BC99D #9D3BC9

tetradic

#C99D3B #3BC956 #3B67C9 #C93BAE

square

#C99D3B #3BC956 #3B67C9 #C93BAE

split-complementary

#C99D3B #3BAEC9 #563BC9

monochromatic

#6C541E #9C792B #C99D3B #D6B56B #E3CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C99D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C99D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D3B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D3B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb976',
    500: '#c99d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d3b;
$custom-light: #deb976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71931,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.36847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D3B

secondary

#90A4CF

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D3B

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

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