#C9972D#C9972D

#C9972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.131 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9972D
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 9.02, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 59.99, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0189 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.131 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6300, 34.7429, 7.3116)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9972D #2D5FC9

analogous

#C9492D #C9972D #ADC92D

triadic

#C9972D #2DC997 #972DC9

tetradic

#C9972D #2DC949 #2D5FC9 #C92DAD

square

#C9972D #2DC949 #2D5FC9 #C92DAD

split-complementary

#C9972D #2DADC9 #492DC9

monochromatic

#654C17 #977122 #C9972D #DAB159 #E5C88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C9972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C9972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9972D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9972D	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb56e',
    500: '#c9972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9972d;
$custom-light: #deb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9972D

secondary

#839BCF

accent

#76E641

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9972D

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

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