#C99922#C99922

#C99922 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99922
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 7.56, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 63.87, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0136 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.137 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7698, 35.3182, 6.4462)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99922 #2252C9

analogous

#C94522 #C99922 #A5C922

triadic

#C99922 #22C999 #9922C9

tetradic

#C99922 #22C945 #2252C9 #C922A5

square

#C99922 #22C945 #2252C9 #C922A5

split-complementary

#C99922 #22A5C9 #4522C9

monochromatic

#604910 #957119 #C99922 #E0B448 #E9CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C99922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C99922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99922

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99922	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb669',
    500: '#c99922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99922;
$custom-light: #dfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.754,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99922

secondary

#7690D1

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99922

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

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