#C9721B#C9721B

#C9721B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.142 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9721B
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 28.57, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 64.44, 63.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0741 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.142 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3054, 24.5347, 4.1764)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9721B #1B72C9

analogous

#C91B1B #C9721B #C9C91B

triadic

#C9721B #1BC972 #721BC9

tetradic

#C9721B #1BC91B #1B72C9 #C91BC9

square

#C9721B #1BC91B #1B72C9 #C91BC9

split-complementary

#C9721B #1BC9C9 #1B1BC9

monochromatic

#5D350D #935314 #C9721B #E5913C #ECAF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C9721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C9721B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9721B

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9721B	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1901B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.142 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19b61',
    500: '#c9721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9721b;
$custom-light: #e19b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9721B

secondary

#6DA0D3

accent

#94F335

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9721B

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

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