#C99E3B#C99E3B

#C99E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E3B
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 5.87, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 55.86, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0115 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.125 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1059, 37.1895, 9.3608)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E3B #3B66C9

analogous

#C9573B #C99E3B #ADC93B

triadic

#C99E3B #3BC99E #9E3BC9

tetradic

#C99E3B #3BC957 #3B66C9 #C93BAD

square

#C99E3B #3BC957 #3B66C9 #C93BAD

split-complementary

#C99E3B #3BADC9 #573BC9

monochromatic

#6C541E #9C7A2B #C99E3B #D6B66B #E3CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C99E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C99E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E3B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E3B	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)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba76',
    500: '#c99e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e3b;
$custom-light: #deba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E3B

secondary

#90A3CF

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E3B

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

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