#C99B22#C99B22

#C99B22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B22
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 6.48, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 64.19, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0105 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.137 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0999, 35.9783, 6.5562)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B22 #2250C9

analogous

#C94722 #C99B22 #A3C922

triadic

#C99B22 #22C99B #9B22C9

tetradic

#C99B22 #22C947 #2250C9 #C922A3

square

#C99B22 #22C947 #2250C9 #C922A3

split-complementary

#C99B22 #22A3C9 #4722C9

monochromatic

#604A10 #957319 #C99B22 #E0B648 #E9CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C99B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C99B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B22

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B22	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb869',
    500: '#c99b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b22;
$custom-light: #dfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.473,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B22

secondary

#768FD1

accent

#6CEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B22

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

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