#C99516#C99516

#C99516 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.140 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99516
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 22)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 9.44, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 66.41, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0181 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.14 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9822, 33.9731, 5.4739)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99516 #164AC9

analogous

#C93B16 #C99516 #A3C916

triadic

#C99516 #16C995 #9516C9

tetradic

#C99516 #16C93B #164AC9 #C916A3

square

#C99516 #16C93B #164AC9 #C916A3

split-complementary

#C99516 #16A3C9 #3B16C9

monochromatic

#5B430A #926C10 #C99516 #E9B433 #EFC86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C99516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C99516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99516

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99516	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A31F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.140 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb364',
    500: '#c99516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99516;
$custom-light: #dfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.57,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99516

secondary

#6786D4

accent

#6BF731

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99516

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

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