#C99F28#C99F28

#C99F28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F28
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 4.51, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 63.05, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0055 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.136 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8709, 37.3695, 7.2781)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F28 #2852C9

analogous

#C94F28 #C99F28 #A2C928

triadic

#C99F28 #28C99F #9F28C9

tetradic

#C99F28 #28C94F #2852C9 #C928A2

square

#C99F28 #28C94F #2852C9 #C928A2

split-complementary

#C99F28 #28A2C9 #4F28C9

monochromatic

#634E14 #96771E #C99F28 #DDB852 #E7CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F28

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F28	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)

#B39E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6c',
    500: '#c99f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f28;
$custom-light: #debb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F28

secondary

#7D93D0

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F28

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

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