#C99E39#C99E39

#C99E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E39
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 5.76, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 56.67, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0109 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.126 85)
XYZ	xyz(37.0550, 37.1692, 9.0928)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E39 #3964C9

analogous

#C95639 #C99E39 #ACC939

triadic

#C99E39 #39C99E #9E39C9

tetradic

#C99E39 #39C956 #3964C9 #C939AC

square

#C99E39 #39C956 #3964C9 #C939AC

split-complementary

#C99E39 #39ACC9 #5639C9

monochromatic

#6B531D #9B792A #C99E39 #D6B669 #E3CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C99E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E39

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E39	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba75',
    500: '#c99e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e39;
$custom-light: #deba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.37167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E39

secondary

#8FA2CF

accent

#75E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E39

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

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