#C99D24#C99D24

#C99D24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99D24
RGB	rgb(201, 157, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 5.46, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 63.93, 85.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0078 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.137 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4652, 36.6614, 6.8245)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99D24 #2450C9

analogous

#C94B24 #C99D24 #A3C924

triadic

#C99D24 #24C99D #9D24C9

tetradic

#C99D24 #24C94B #2450C9 #C924A3

square

#C99D24 #24C94B #2450C9 #C924A3

split-complementary

#C99D24 #24A3C9 #4B24C9

monochromatic

#614C11 #95741B #C99D24 #DFB84B #E8CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C99D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C99D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99D24

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99D24	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: #c99d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 157, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb96a',
    500: '#c99d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99d24;
$custom-light: #deb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99D24

secondary

#7890D1

accent

#6BEC3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99D24

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

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