#C9962D#C9962D

#C9962D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9962D
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 9.56, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 59.84, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0205 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.131 81)
XYZ	xyz(35.4698, 34.4224, 7.2582)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9962D #2D60C9

analogous

#C9482D #C9962D #AEC92D

triadic

#C9962D #2DC996 #962DC9

tetradic

#C9962D #2DC948 #2D60C9 #C92DAE

square

#C9962D #2DC948 #2D60C9 #C92DAE

split-complementary

#C9962D #2DAEC9 #482DC9

monochromatic

#654B17 #977122 #C9962D #DAB059 #E5C88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C9962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#C9962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9962D

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9962D	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb46e',
    500: '#c9962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9962d;
$custom-light: #deb46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70435,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.3442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9962D

secondary

#839CCF

accent

#77E641

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9962D

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

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