#C99F27#C99F27

#C99F27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F27
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 4.48, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 63.37, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0053 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.137 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8541, 37.3628, 7.1897)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F27 #2751C9

analogous

#C94E27 #C99F27 #A2C927

triadic

#C99F27 #27C99F #9F27C9

tetradic

#C99F27 #27C94E #2751C9 #C927A2

square

#C99F27 #27C94E #2751C9 #C927A2

split-complementary

#C99F27 #27A2C9 #4E27C9

monochromatic

#624E13 #96761D #C99F27 #DDB950 #E7CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F27

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F27	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)

#B39E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6c',
    500: '#c99f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f27;
$custom-light: #debb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F27

secondary

#7C92D0

accent

#6AEA3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F27

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

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