#C9922B#C9922B

#C9922B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.131 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9922B
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 11.66, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 60.02, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0263 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.131 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8048, 33.1525, 6.8510)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9922B #2B62C9

analogous

#C9432B #C9922B #B1C92B

triadic

#C9922B #2BC992 #922BC9

tetradic

#C9922B #2BC943 #2B62C9 #C92BB1

square

#C9922B #2BC943 #2B62C9 #C92BB1

split-complementary

#C9922B #2BB1C9 #432BC9

monochromatic

#644915 #976D20 #C9922B #DBAD56 #E6C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C9922B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#C9922B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9922B

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9922B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9922B	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9922b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.131 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb16c',
    500: '#c9922b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9922b;
$custom-light: #dfb16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9922b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.114,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69638,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9922B

secondary

#809CCF

accent

#7AE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9922B

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

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