#C99F26#C99F26

#C99F26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F26
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 81.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 4.45, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 63.68, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0051 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.137 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8377, 37.3563, 7.1036)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F26 #2650C9

analogous

#C94E26 #C99F26 #A2C926

triadic

#C99F26 #26C99F #9F26C9

tetradic

#C99F26 #26C94E #2650C9 #C926A2

square

#C99F26 #26C94E #2650C9 #C926A2

split-complementary

#C99F26 #26A2C9 #4E26C9

monochromatic

#624E13 #96761C #C99F26 #DEB94F #E7CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99F26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F26

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F26	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6c',
    500: '#c99f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f26;
$custom-light: #debb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.54,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F26

secondary

#7B91D0

accent

#6AEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F26

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

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