#C99E33#C99E33

#C99E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E33
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 5.48, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 59.01, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0094 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.13 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9141, 37.1128, 8.3506)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E33 #335EC9

analogous

#C95333 #C99E33 #A9C933

triadic

#C99E33 #33C99E #9E33C9

tetradic

#C99E33 #33C953 #335EC9 #C933A9

square

#C99E33 #33C953 #335EC9 #C933A9

split-complementary

#C99E33 #33A9C9 #5333C9

monochromatic

#67511A #987827 #C99E33 #D7B662 #E4CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C99E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E33

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E33	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba72',
    500: '#c99e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e33;
$custom-light: #deba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E33

secondary

#899DCF

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E33

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

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