#C99D22#C99D22

#C99D22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D22
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 5.40, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 64.52, 85.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0074 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.138 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4355, 36.6495, 6.6681)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D22 #224EC9

analogous

#C94A22 #C99D22 #A1C922

triadic

#C99D22 #22C99D #9D22C9

tetradic

#C99D22 #22C94A #224EC9 #C922A1

square

#C99D22 #22C94A #224EC9 #C922A1

split-complementary

#C99D22 #22A1C9 #4A22C9

monochromatic

#604B10 #957419 #C99D22 #E0B848 #E9CC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C99D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D22

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D22	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96a',
    500: '#c99d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d22;
$custom-light: #dfb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.192,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D22

secondary

#768ED1

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D22

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

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