#C9722D#C9722D

#C9722D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.136 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9722D
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 45)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 29.13, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 58.64, 60.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.078 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.136 55)
XYZ	xyz(30.5811, 24.6450, 5.6286)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9722D #2D84C9

analogous

#C92D36 #C9722D #C9C02D

triadic

#C9722D #2DC972 #722DC9

tetradic

#C9722D #36C92D #2D84C9 #C02DC9

square

#C9722D #36C92D #2D84C9 #C02DC9

split-complementary

#C9722D #2DC9C0 #2D36C9

monochromatic

#653917 #975622 #C9722D #DA9259 #E5B38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C9722D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C9722D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9722D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9722D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9722D	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)

#8C7C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9722d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.136 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b6b',
    500: '#c9722d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9722d;
$custom-light: #e09b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9722d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.24642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9722D

secondary

#83ADCF

accent

#9DE641

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9722D

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

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