#C99E36#C99E36

#C99E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E36
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 5.62, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 57.86, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0101 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9824, 37.1401, 8.7102)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E36 #3661C9

analogous

#C95536 #C99E36 #AAC936

triadic

#C99E36 #36C99E #9E36C9

tetradic

#C99E36 #36C955 #3661C9 #C936AA

square

#C99E36 #36C955 #3661C9 #C936AA

split-complementary

#C99E36 #36AAC9 #5536C9

monochromatic

#69521C #997829 #C99E36 #D6B566 #E3CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C99E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E36

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E36	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba74',
    500: '#c99e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e36;
$custom-light: #deba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E36

secondary

#8CA0CE

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E36

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

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