#C99E22#C99E22

#C99E22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E22
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 4.86, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 64.69, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0059 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.138 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6054, 36.9893, 6.7247)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E22 #224DC9

analogous

#C94A22 #C99E22 #A0C922

triadic

#C99E22 #22C99E #9E22C9

tetradic

#C99E22 #22C94A #224DC9 #C922A0

square

#C99E22 #22C94A #224DC9 #C922A0

split-complementary

#C99E22 #22A0C9 #4A22C9

monochromatic

#604C10 #957519 #C99E22 #E0B948 #E9CD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E22

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E22	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6a',
    500: '#c99e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e22;
$custom-light: #deba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.551,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E22

secondary

#768DD1

accent

#68EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E22

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

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