#C9942B#C9942B

#C9942B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9942B
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 10.57, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 60.27, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0232 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.131 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1158, 33.7745, 6.9547)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9942B #2B60C9

analogous

#C9452B #C9942B #AFC92B

triadic

#C9942B #2BC994 #942BC9

tetradic

#C9942B #2BC945 #2B60C9 #C92BAF

square

#C9942B #2BC945 #2B60C9 #C92BAF

split-complementary

#C9942B #2BAFC9 #452BC9

monochromatic

#644A15 #976F20 #C9942B #DBAE56 #E6C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C9942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#C9942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9942B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9942B	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb36d',
    500: '#c9942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9942b;
$custom-light: #deb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.873,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9942B

secondary

#809BCF

accent

#78E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9942B

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

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