#C99E25#C99E25

#C99E25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E25
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 81.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 4.95, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 63.81, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0064 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.137 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6505, 37.0074, 6.9627)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E25 #2550C9

analogous

#C94C25 #C99E25 #A2C925

triadic

#C99E25 #25C99E #9E25C9

tetradic

#C99E25 #25C94C #2550C9 #C925A2

square

#C99E25 #25C94C #2550C9 #C925A2

split-complementary

#C99E25 #25A2C9 #4C25C9

monochromatic

#624D12 #95751B #C99E25 #DEB84D #E8CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E25

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E25	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6b',
    500: '#c99e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e25;
$custom-light: #deba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.268,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E25

secondary

#7990D0

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E25

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

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