#C99F36#C99F36

#C99F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F36
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 5.08, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 58.06, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0086 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.128 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1536, 37.4826, 8.7673)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F36 #3660C9

analogous

#C95536 #C99F36 #AAC936

triadic

#C99F36 #36C99F #9F36C9

tetradic

#C99F36 #36C955 #3660C9 #C936AA

square

#C99F36 #36C955 #3660C9 #C936AA

split-complementary

#C99F36 #36AAC9 #5536C9

monochromatic

#69531C #997929 #C99F36 #D6B666 #E3CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F36

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F36	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#c99f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f36;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F36

secondary

#8C9FCE

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F36

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

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