#C9822C#C9822C

#C9822C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.130 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9822C
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 20.43, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 58.53, 69.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0521 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.13 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5273, 28.5677, 6.1835)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9822C #2C73C9

analogous

#C9332C #C9822C #C2C92C

triadic

#C9822C #2CC982 #822CC9

tetradic

#C9822C #2CC933 #2C73C9 #C92CC2

square

#C9822C #2CC933 #2C73C9 #C92CC2

split-complementary

#C9822C #2CC2C9 #332CC9

monochromatic

#654116 #976221 #C9822C #DA9F58 #E5BC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C9822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#C9822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9822C

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9822C	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.130 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa66b',
    500: '#c9822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9822c;
$custom-light: #dfa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.866,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66612,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9822C

secondary

#82A5CF

accent

#8CE741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9822C

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

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