#C99D23#C99D23

#C99D23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D23
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 82.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 5.43, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 64.23, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0076 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.138 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4501, 36.6554, 6.7452)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D23 #234FC9

analogous

#C94A23 #C99D23 #A2C923

triadic

#C99D23 #23C99D #9D23C9

tetradic

#C99D23 #23C94A #234FC9 #C923A2

square

#C99D23 #23C94A #234FC9 #C923A2

split-complementary

#C99D23 #23A2C9 #4A23C9

monochromatic

#614C11 #95741A #C99D23 #DFB84A #E9CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C99D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D23

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D23	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)

#BCA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb96a',
    500: '#c99d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d23;
$custom-light: #deb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D23

secondary

#778FD1

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D23

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

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