#C9922E#C9922E

#C9922E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9922E
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 11.78, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 58.95, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.027 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.129 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8619, 33.1753, 7.1516)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9922E #2E65C9

analogous

#C9452E #C9922E #B2C92E

triadic

#C9922E #2EC992 #922EC9

tetradic

#C9922E #2EC945 #2E65C9 #C92EB2

square

#C9922E #2EC945 #2E65C9 #C92EB2

split-complementary

#C9922E #2EB2C9 #452EC9

monochromatic

#654A17 #976E23 #C9922E #D9AC5B #E5C68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C9922E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#C9922E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9922E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9922E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9922E	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)

#A7941E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9922e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb16e',
    500: '#c9922e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9922e;
$custom-light: #deb16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9922e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9922E

secondary

#849ECF

accent

#7CE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9922E

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

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