#C9542A#C9542A

#C9542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.159 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9542A
RGB	rgb(201, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 44.33, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 64.08, 46.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1235 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.159 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6786, 18.9291, 4.3862)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9542A #2A9FC9

analogous

#C92A50 #C9542A #C9A32A

triadic

#C9542A #2AC954 #542AC9

tetradic

#C9542A #50C92A #2A9FC9 #A32AC9

square

#C9542A #50C92A #2A9FC9 #A32AC9

split-complementary

#C9542A #2AC9A3 #2A50C9

monochromatic

#642A15 #963F1F #C9542A #DB7855 #E6A087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C9542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C9542A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9542A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9542A	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.159 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18867',
    500: '#c9542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9542a;
$custom-light: #e18867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.849,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5909,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9542A

secondary

#7FBAD0

accent

#BCE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9542A

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

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