#C9942C#C9942C

#C9942C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9942C
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 10.61, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 59.92, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0234 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.131 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1344, 33.7819, 7.0525)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9942C #2C61C9

analogous

#C9452C #C9942C #B0C92C

triadic

#C9942C #2CC994 #942CC9

tetradic

#C9942C #2CC945 #2C61C9 #C92CB0

square

#C9942C #2CC945 #2C61C9 #C92CB0

split-complementary

#C9942C #2CB0C9 #452CC9

monochromatic

#654A16 #976F21 #C9942C #DAAE58 #E5C78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C9942C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C9942C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9942C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9942C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9942C	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9942c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb36d',
    500: '#c9942c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9942c;
$custom-light: #deb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9942c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9942C

secondary

#829CCF

accent

#79E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9942C

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

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