#C99E2C#C99E2C

#C99E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E2C
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 5.20, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 61.53, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0078 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.134 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7712, 37.0556, 7.5981)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E2C #2C57C9

analogous

#C94F2C #C99E2C #A5C92C

triadic

#C99E2C #2CC99E #9E2CC9

tetradic

#C99E2C #2CC94F #2C57C9 #C92CA5

square

#C99E2C #2CC94F #2C57C9 #C92CA5

split-complementary

#C99E2C #2CA5C9 #4F2CC9

monochromatic

#654F16 #977721 #C99E2C #DAB758 #E5CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C99E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E2C

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E2C	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6e',
    500: '#c99e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e2c;
$custom-light: #deba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E2C

secondary

#8297CF

accent

#6EE741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E2C

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

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