#C9962F#C9962F

#C9962F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9962F
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 9.64, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 59.12, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.021 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.129 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5092, 34.4382, 7.4658)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9962F #2F62C9

analogous

#C9492F #C9962F #AFC92F

triadic

#C9962F #2FC996 #962FC9

tetradic

#C9962F #2FC949 #2F62C9 #C92FAF

square

#C9962F #2FC949 #2F62C9 #C92FAF

split-complementary

#C9962F #2FAFC9 #492FC9

monochromatic

#664C18 #977123 #C9962F #D9B05C #E5C88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C9962F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C9962F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9962F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9962F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9962F	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9962f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb46f',
    500: '#c9962f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9962f;
$custom-light: #deb46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9962f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.13,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70449,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9962F

secondary

#859DCF

accent

#78E543

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9962F

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

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