#C9912C#C9912C

#C9912C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9912C
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 12.24, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 59.55, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0281 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.13 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6699, 32.8530, 6.8977)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9912C #2C64C9

analogous

#C9432C #C9912C #B2C92C

triadic

#C9912C #2CC991 #912CC9

tetradic

#C9912C #2CC943 #2C64C9 #C92CB2

square

#C9912C #2CC943 #2C64C9 #C92CB2

split-complementary

#C9912C #2CB2C9 #432CC9

monochromatic

#654916 #976D21 #C9912C #DAAC58 #E5C58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C9912C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#C9912C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9912C

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9912C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9912C	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9912c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb16d',
    500: '#c9912c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9912c;
$custom-light: #dfb16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9912c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9912C

secondary

#829DCF

accent

#7CE741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9912C

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

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