#C9992E#C9992E

#C9992E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9992E
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 7.97, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 59.95, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.016 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.131 83)
XYZ	xyz(35.9741, 35.3999, 7.5224)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9992E #2E5EC9

analogous

#C94B2E #C9992E #ABC92E

triadic

#C9992E #2EC999 #992EC9

tetradic

#C9992E #2EC94B #2E5EC9 #C92EAB

square

#C9992E #2EC94B #2E5EC9 #C92EAB

split-complementary

#C9992E #2EABC9 #4B2EC9

monochromatic

#654D17 #977323 #C9992E #D9B25B #E5C98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C9992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9992E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9992E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66f',
    500: '#c9992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9992e;
$custom-light: #deb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9992E

secondary

#849BCF

accent

#75E642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9992E

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

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