#C99E23#C99E23

#C99E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E23
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 82.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 4.89, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 64.40, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0061 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.138 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6200, 36.9952, 6.8018)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E23 #234EC9

analogous

#C94B23 #C99E23 #A1C923

triadic

#C99E23 #23C99E #9E23C9

tetradic

#C99E23 #23C94B #234EC9 #C923A1

square

#C99E23 #23C94B #234EC9 #C923A1

split-complementary

#C99E23 #23A1C9 #4B23C9

monochromatic

#614C11 #95751A #C99E23 #DFB94A #E9CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E23

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E23	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)

#BCA92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6a',
    500: '#c99e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e23;
$custom-light: #deba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.458,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E23

secondary

#778ED1

accent

#69ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E23

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

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