#C9992B#C9992B

#C9992B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9992B
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 7.86, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 61.00, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0154 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.132 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9171, 35.3771, 7.2218)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9992B #2B5BC9

analogous

#C94A2B #C9992B #AAC92B

triadic

#C9992B #2BC999 #992BC9

tetradic

#C9992B #2BC94A #2B5BC9 #C92BAA

square

#C9992B #2BC94A #2B5BC9 #C92BAA

split-complementary

#C9992B #2BAAC9 #4A2BC9

monochromatic

#644C15 #977320 #C9992B #DBB356 #E6C989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C9992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9992B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9992B	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)

#AD9916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66d',
    500: '#c9992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9992b;
$custom-light: #deb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71015,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9992B

secondary

#8098CF

accent

#73E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9992B

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

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