#C99016#C99016

#C99016 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.139 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99016
RGB	rgb(201, 144, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 12.16, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 65.90, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0259 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.139 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2080, 32.4249, 5.2159)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99016 #164FC9

analogous

#C93616 #C99016 #A8C916

triadic

#C99016 #16C990 #9016C9

tetradic

#C99016 #16C936 #164FC9 #C916A8

square

#C99016 #16C936 #164FC9 #C916A8

split-complementary

#C99016 #16A8C9 #3616C9

monochromatic

#5B410A #926810 #C99016 #E9AF33 #EFC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#C99016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#C99016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99016

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99016	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A01E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.139 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb063',
    500: '#c99016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99016;
$custom-light: #dfb063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.894,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69145,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99016

secondary

#6789D4

accent

#70F731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99016

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

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