#C99E31#C99E31

#C99E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E31
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 5.40, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 59.75, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0089 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.131 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8709, 37.0955, 8.1233)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E31 #315CC9

analogous

#C95231 #C99E31 #A8C931

triadic

#C99E31 #31C99E #9E31C9

tetradic

#C99E31 #31C952 #315CC9 #C931A8

square

#C99E31 #31C952 #315CC9 #C931A8

split-complementary

#C99E31 #31A8C9 #5231C9

monochromatic

#675119 #987725 #C99E31 #D8B65F #E4CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E31

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E31	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)

#B29D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba71',
    500: '#c99e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e31;
$custom-light: #deba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72054,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E31

secondary

#879BCF

accent

#71E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E31

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

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