#C99C22#C99C22

#C99C22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.138 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99C22
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 5.94, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 64.35, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.009 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.138 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2670, 36.3126, 6.6119)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99C22 #224FC9

analogous

#C94822 #C99C22 #A2C922

triadic

#C99C22 #22C99C #9C22C9

tetradic

#C99C22 #22C948 #224FC9 #C922A2

square

#C99C22 #22C948 #224FC9 #C922A2

split-complementary

#C99C22 #22A2C9 #4822C9

monochromatic

#604B10 #957319 #C99C22 #E0B748 #E9CC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C99C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C99C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99C22

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99C22	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.138 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb869',
    500: '#c99c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99c22;
$custom-light: #dfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.832,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71564,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99C22

secondary

#768ED1

accent

#6AEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99C22

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

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