#C99E3A#C99E3A

#C99E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E3A
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 5.81, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 56.27, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0112 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.125 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0802, 37.1792, 9.2255)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E3A #3A65C9

analogous

#C9563A #C99E3A #ACC93A

triadic

#C99E3A #3AC99E #9E3AC9

tetradic

#C99E3A #3AC956 #3A65C9 #C93AAC

square

#C99E3A #3AC956 #3A65C9 #C93AAC

split-complementary

#C99E3A #3AACC9 #563AC9

monochromatic

#6B541D #9B792B #C99E3A #D6B66A #E3CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C99E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E3A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E3A	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba76',
    500: '#c99e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e3a;
$custom-light: #deba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E3A

secondary

#90A3CF

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E3A

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

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