#C99216#C99216

#C99216 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.139 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99216
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 11.07, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 66.09, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0227 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.139 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5137, 33.0361, 5.3178)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99216 #164DC9

analogous

#C93816 #C99216 #A6C916

triadic

#C99216 #16C992 #9216C9

tetradic

#C99216 #16C938 #164DC9 #C916A6

square

#C99216 #16C938 #164DC9 #C916A6

split-complementary

#C99216 #16A6C9 #3816C9

monochromatic

#5B420A #926A10 #C99216 #E9B133 #EFC66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C99216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#C99216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99216

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99216	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A11E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.139 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb164',
    500: '#c99216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99216;
$custom-light: #dfb164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.564,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69535,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99216

secondary

#6788D4

accent

#6EF731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99216

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

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