#C9952D#C9952D

#C9952D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9952D
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 10.11, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 59.70, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0221 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.13 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3109, 34.1046, 7.2052)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9952D #2D61C9

analogous

#C9472D #C9952D #AFC92D

triadic

#C9952D #2DC995 #952DC9

tetradic

#C9952D #2DC947 #2D61C9 #C92DAF

square

#C9952D #2DC947 #2D61C9 #C92DAF

split-complementary

#C9952D #2DAFC9 #472DC9

monochromatic

#654B17 #977022 #C9952D #DAAF59 #E5C78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C9952D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C9952D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9952D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9952D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9952D	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9952d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb36e',
    500: '#c9952d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9952d;
$custom-light: #deb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9952d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9952D

secondary

#839CCF

accent

#78E641

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9952D

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

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