#C99F3A#C99F3A

#C99F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F3A
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 5.28, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 56.48, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0096 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.126 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2515, 37.5218, 9.2826)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F3A #3A64C9

analogous

#C9573A #C99F3A #ABC93A

triadic

#C99F3A #3AC99F #9F3AC9

tetradic

#C99F3A #3AC957 #3A64C9 #C93AAB

square

#C99F3A #3AC957 #3A64C9 #C93AAB

split-complementary

#C99F3A #3AABC9 #573AC9

monochromatic

#6B541D #9B7A2B #C99F3A #D6B66A #E3CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C99F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F3A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F3A	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)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb76',
    500: '#c99f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f3a;
$custom-light: #debb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F3A

secondary

#90A2CF

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F3A

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

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