#C9924E#C9924E

#C9924E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9924E
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 13.55, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 45.66, 72.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0365 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.108 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7436, 33.5280, 11.7952)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9924E #4E85C9

analogous

#C9554E #C9924E #C2C94E

triadic

#C9924E #4EC992 #924EC9

tetradic

#C9924E #4EC955 #4E85C9 #C94EC2

square

#C9924E #4EC955 #4E85C9 #C94EC2

split-complementary

#C9924E #4EC2C9 #554EC9

monochromatic

#785325 #A77333 #C9924E #D7AF7D #E6CCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C9924E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#C9924E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9924E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9924E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9924E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9924e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb281',
    500: '#c9924e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9924e;
$custom-light: #ddb281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9924e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69971,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9924E

secondary

#9FB7D3

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9924E

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

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