#C9821B#C9821B

#C9821B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.137 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9821B
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 19.91, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 63.93, 71.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0487 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.137 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2705, 28.4651, 4.8315)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9821B #1B62C9

analogous

#C92B1B #C9821B #B9C91B

triadic

#C9821B #1BC982 #821BC9

tetradic

#C9821B #1BC92B #1B62C9 #C91BB9

square

#C9821B #1BC92B #1B62C9 #C91BB9

split-complementary

#C9821B #1BB9C9 #2B1BC9

monochromatic

#5D3C0D #935F14 #C9821B #E5A03C #ECBA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C9821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#C9821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9821B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9821B	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA981E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.137 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a663',
    500: '#c9821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9821b;
$custom-light: #e0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.517,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66511,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9821B

secondary

#6D97D3

accent

#82F335

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9821B

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

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