#C99F22#C99F22

#C99F22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F22
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 4.32, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 64.87, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0044 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.139 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7766, 37.3318, 6.7818)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F22 #224CC9

analogous

#C94B22 #C99F22 #9FC922

triadic

#C99F22 #22C99F #9F22C9

tetradic

#C99F22 #22C94B #224CC9 #C9229F

square

#C99F22 #22C94B #224CC9 #C9229F

split-complementary

#C99F22 #229FC9 #4B22C9

monochromatic

#604C10 #957619 #C99F22 #E0BA48 #E9CE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C99F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C99F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F22

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F22	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6a',
    500: '#c99f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f22;
$custom-light: #debb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.91,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F22

secondary

#768DD1

accent

#67EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F22

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

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