#C99A22#C99A22

#C99A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.137 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99A22
RGB	rgb(201, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 7.02, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 64.03, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0121 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.137 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9342, 35.6469, 6.5010)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99A22 #2251C9

analogous

#C94622 #C99A22 #A4C922

triadic

#C99A22 #22C99A #9A22C9

tetradic

#C99A22 #22C946 #2251C9 #C922A4

square

#C99A22 #22C946 #2251C9 #C922A4

split-complementary

#C99A22 #22A4C9 #4622C9

monochromatic

#604A10 #957219 #C99A22 #E0B548 #E9CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C99A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C99A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99A22

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99A22	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.137 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb769',
    500: '#c99a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99a22;
$custom-light: #dfb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.114,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99A22

secondary

#768FD1

accent

#6DEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99A22

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

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