#C99416#C99416

#C99416 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.139 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99416
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 9.98, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 66.30, 81.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0196 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.139 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8247, 33.6581, 5.4214)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99416 #164BC9

analogous

#C93B16 #C99416 #A4C916

triadic

#C99416 #16C994 #9416C9

tetradic

#C99416 #16C93B #164BC9 #C916A4

square

#C99416 #16C93B #164BC9 #C916A4

split-complementary

#C99416 #16A4C9 #3B16C9

monochromatic

#5B430A #926B10 #C99416 #E9B333 #EFC86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C99416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C99416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99416

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99416	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A21F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb364',
    500: '#c99416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99416;
$custom-light: #dfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.235,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99416

secondary

#6787D4

accent

#6CF731

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99416

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

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