#C9992A#C9992A

#C9992A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9992A
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 7.82, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 61.34, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0151 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.133 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8989, 35.3698, 7.1263)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9992A #2A5AC9

analogous

#C94A2A #C9992A #A9C92A

triadic

#C9992A #2AC999 #992AC9

tetradic

#C9992A #2AC94A #2A5AC9 #C92AA9

square

#C9992A #2AC94A #2A5AC9 #C92AA9

split-complementary

#C9992A #2AA9C9 #4A2AC9

monochromatic

#644C15 #96721F #C9992A #DBB355 #E6C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C9992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9992A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9992A	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66d',
    500: '#c9992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9992a;
$custom-light: #deb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9992A

secondary

#7F98D0

accent

#72E83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9992A

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

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