#C99E24#C99E24

#C99E24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E24
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 4.92, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 64.11, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0062 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.138 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6351, 37.0012, 6.8811)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E24 #244FC9

analogous

#C94C24 #C99E24 #A2C924

triadic

#C99E24 #24C99E #9E24C9

tetradic

#C99E24 #24C94C #244FC9 #C924A2

square

#C99E24 #24C94C #244FC9 #C924A2

split-complementary

#C99E24 #24A2C9 #4C24C9

monochromatic

#614C11 #95751B #C99E24 #DFB84B #E8CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C99E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C99E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E24

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E24	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)

#BCA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba6b',
    500: '#c99e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e24;
$custom-light: #deba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71976,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E24

secondary

#788FD1

accent

#6AEC3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E24

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

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