#C99E28#C99E28

#C99E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E28
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 5.05, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 62.86, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.007 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.136 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.6996, 37.0270, 7.2210)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E28 #2853C9

analogous

#C94D28 #C99E28 #A4C928

triadic

#C99E28 #28C99E #9E28C9

tetradic

#C99E28 #28C94D #2853C9 #C928A4

square

#C99E28 #28C94D #2853C9 #C928A4

split-complementary

#C99E28 #28A4C9 #4D28C9

monochromatic

#634E14 #96761E #C99E28 #DDB752 #E7CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E28

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E28	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)

#B29D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6c',
    500: '#c99e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e28;
$custom-light: #deba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.975,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.37024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E28

secondary

#7D93D0

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E28

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

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