#C9722C#C9722C

#C9722C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.136 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9722C
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 44)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 29.10, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 58.99, 60.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0777 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.136 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5621, 24.6374, 5.5284)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9722C #2C83C9

analogous

#C92C34 #C9722C #C9C12C

triadic

#C9722C #2CC972 #722CC9

tetradic

#C9722C #34C92C #2C83C9 #C12CC9

square

#C9722C #34C92C #2C83C9 #C12CC9

split-complementary

#C9722C #2CC9C1 #2C34C9

monochromatic

#653916 #975621 #C9722C #DA9258 #E5B38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C9722C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C9722C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9722C

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9722C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9722C	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9722c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.136 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b6a',
    500: '#c9722c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9722c;
$custom-light: #e09b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9722c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.752,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9722C

secondary

#82ADCF

accent

#9DE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9722C

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

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