#C99E2F#C99E2F

#C99E2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E2F
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 5.31, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 60.48, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0085 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.132 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8296, 37.0790, 7.9059)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E2F #2F5AC9

analogous

#C9512F #C99E2F #A7C92F

triadic

#C99E2F #2FC99E #9E2FC9

tetradic

#C99E2F #2FC951 #2F5AC9 #C92FA7

square

#C99E2F #2FC951 #2F5AC9 #C92FA7

split-complementary

#C99E2F #2FA7C9 #512FC9

monochromatic

#665018 #977723 #C99E2F #D9B65C #E5CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E2F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E2F	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba70',
    500: '#c99e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e2f;
$custom-light: #deba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7204,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E2F

secondary

#859ACF

accent

#70E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E2F

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

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