#C9992F#C9992F

#C9992F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9992F
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 8.02, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 59.59, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0162 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.13 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9941, 35.4079, 7.6274)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9992F #2F5FC9

analogous

#C94C2F #C9992F #ACC92F

triadic

#C9992F #2FC999 #992FC9

tetradic

#C9992F #2FC94C #2F5FC9 #C92FAC

square

#C9992F #2FC94C #2F5FC9 #C92FAC

split-complementary

#C9992F #2FACC9 #4C2FC9

monochromatic

#664D18 #977323 #C9992F #D9B25C #E5CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9992F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C9992F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9992F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9992F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9992F	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)

#AD991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9992f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb66f',
    500: '#c9992f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9992f;
$custom-light: #deb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9992f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.299,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9992F

secondary

#859CCF

accent

#75E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9992F

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

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