#C99E30#C99E30

#C99E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E30
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 5.35, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 60.12, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0087 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.132 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8500, 37.0872, 8.0134)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E30 #305BC9

analogous

#C95130 #C99E30 #A8C930

triadic

#C99E30 #30C99E #9E30C9

tetradic

#C99E30 #30C951 #305BC9 #C930A8

square

#C99E30 #30C951 #305BC9 #C930A8

split-complementary

#C99E30 #30A8C9 #5130C9

monochromatic

#665018 #987724 #C99E30 #D8B65E #E4CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E30

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E30	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B29D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba70',
    500: '#c99e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e30;
$custom-light: #deba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.137,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E30

secondary

#869ACF

accent

#71E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E30

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

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