#C99316#C99316

#C99316 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.139 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99316
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 10.52, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 66.19, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0212 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.139 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6685, 33.3457, 5.3694)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99316 #164CC9

analogous

#C93916 #C99316 #A5C916

triadic

#C99316 #16C993 #9316C9

tetradic

#C99316 #16C939 #164CC9 #C916A5

square

#C99316 #16C939 #164CC9 #C916A5

split-complementary

#C99316 #16A5C9 #3916C9

monochromatic

#5B420A #926B10 #C99316 #E9B233 #EFC76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C99316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#C99316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99316

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99316	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A21F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.139 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb264',
    500: '#c99316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99316;
$custom-light: #dfb264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.899,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99316

secondary

#6788D4

accent

#6DF731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99316

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

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