#C99E2E#C99E2E

#C99E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E2E
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 5.27, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 60.84, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0082 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.133 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8097, 37.0710, 7.8009)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E2E #2E59C9

analogous

#C9502E #C99E2E #A6C92E

triadic

#C99E2E #2EC99E #9E2EC9

tetradic

#C99E2E #2EC950 #2E59C9 #C92EA6

square

#C99E2E #2EC950 #2E59C9 #C92EA6

split-complementary

#C99E2E #2EA6C9 #502EC9

monochromatic

#655017 #977723 #C99E2E #D9B65B #E5CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C99E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E2E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E2E	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)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6f',
    500: '#c99e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e2e;
$custom-light: #deba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E2E

secondary

#8499CF

accent

#6FE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E2E

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

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