#C99E27#C99E27

#C99E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E27
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 80.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 5.02, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 63.18, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0068 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.136 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6828, 37.0203, 7.1326)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E27 #2752C9

analogous

#C94D27 #C99E27 #A3C927

triadic

#C99E27 #27C99E #9E27C9

tetradic

#C99E27 #27C94D #2752C9 #C927A3

square

#C99E27 #27C94D #2752C9 #C927A3

split-complementary

#C99E27 #27A3C9 #4D27C9

monochromatic

#624D13 #96761D #C99E27 #DDB850 #E7CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E27

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E27	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)

#B29D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6c',
    500: '#c99e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e27;
$custom-light: #deba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.074,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71992,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E27

secondary

#7C92D0

accent

#6BEA3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E27

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

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