#C9722E#C9722E

#C9722E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.136 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9722E
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 46)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 29.17, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 58.28, 59.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0783 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.136 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6006, 24.6528, 5.7312)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9722E #2E85C9

analogous

#C92E37 #C9722E #C9BF2E

triadic

#C9722E #2EC972 #722EC9

tetradic

#C9722E #37C92E #2E85C9 #BF2EC9

square

#C9722E #37C92E #2E85C9 #BF2EC9

split-complementary

#C9722E #2EC9BF #2E37C9

monochromatic

#653A17 #975623 #C9722E #D9925B #E5B38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C9722E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C9722E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9722E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9722E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9722E	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)

#8C7C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9722e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.136 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b6b',
    500: '#c9722e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9722e;
$custom-light: #e09b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9722e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.323,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9722E

secondary

#84AECF

accent

#9EE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9722E

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

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