#C99F37#C99F37

#C99F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F37
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 5.13, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 57.67, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0088 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.128 86)
XYZ	xyz(37.1773, 37.4921, 8.8923)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F37 #3761C9

analogous

#C95637 #C99F37 #AAC937

triadic

#C99F37 #37C99F #9F37C9

tetradic

#C99F37 #37C956 #3761C9 #C937AA

square

#C99F37 #37C956 #3761C9 #C937AA

split-complementary

#C99F37 #37AAC9 #5637C9

monochromatic

#69531C #997929 #C99F37 #D6B667 #E3CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F37

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F37	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#c99f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f37;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.3749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F37

secondary

#8DA0CF

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F37

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

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