#C9912E#C9912E

#C9912E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9912E
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 12.32, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 58.83, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0286 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.129 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7084, 32.8684, 7.1005)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9912E #2E66C9

analogous

#C9442E #C9912E #B3C92E

triadic

#C9912E #2EC991 #912EC9

tetradic

#C9912E #2EC944 #2E66C9 #C92EB3

square

#C9912E #2EC944 #2E66C9 #C92EB3

split-complementary

#C9912E #2EB3C9 #442EC9

monochromatic

#654917 #976D23 #C9912E #D9AC5B #E5C58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C9912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#C9912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9912E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9912E	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)

#A6931E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb16e',
    500: '#c9912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9912e;
$custom-light: #deb16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9912E

secondary

#849FCF

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9912E

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

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