#C99F39#C99F39

#C99F39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F39
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 5.23, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 56.88, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0094 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2263, 37.5117, 9.1499)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F39 #3963C9

analogous

#C95739 #C99F39 #ABC939

triadic

#C99F39 #39C99F #9F39C9

tetradic

#C99F39 #39C957 #3963C9 #C939AB

square

#C99F39 #39C957 #3963C9 #C939AB

split-complementary

#C99F39 #39ABC9 #5739C9

monochromatic

#6B541D #9B7A2A #C99F39 #D6B669 #E3CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F39

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F39	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)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb75',
    500: '#c99f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f39;
$custom-light: #debb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F39

secondary

#8FA2CF

accent

#74E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F39

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

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