#C9822F#C9822F

#C9822F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9822F
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 47)
HSL	hsl(32, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 20.55, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 57.43, 69.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0528 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.129 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5857, 28.5911, 6.4913)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9822F #2F76C9

analogous

#C9352F #C9822F #C3C92F

triadic

#C9822F #2FC982 #822FC9

tetradic

#C9822F #2FC935 #2F76C9 #C92FC3

square

#C9822F #2FC935 #2F76C9 #C92FC3

split-complementary

#C9822F #2FC3C9 #352FC9

monochromatic

#664218 #976223 #C9822F #D99F5C #E5BD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C9822F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C9822F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9822F

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9822F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9822F	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9822f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa66d',
    500: '#c9822f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9822f;
$custom-light: #dfa66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9822f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.338,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9822F

secondary

#85A7CF

accent

#8EE543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9822F

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

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