#C9922C#C9922C

#C9922C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9922C
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 11.70, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 59.67, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0266 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.13 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8234, 33.1599, 6.9488)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9922C #2C63C9

analogous

#C9432C #C9922C #B1C92C

triadic

#C9922C #2CC992 #922CC9

tetradic

#C9922C #2CC943 #2C63C9 #C92CB1

square

#C9922C #2CC943 #2C63C9 #C92CB1

split-complementary

#C9922C #2CB1C9 #432CC9

monochromatic

#654916 #976E21 #C9922C #DAAD58 #E5C58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C9922C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#C9922C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9922C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9922C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9922C	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)

#A7941A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9922c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb16d',
    500: '#c9922c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9922c;
$custom-light: #dfb16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9922c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.981,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69645,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9922C

secondary

#829DCF

accent

#7BE741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9922C

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

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