#C9562A#C9562A

#C9562A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.157 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9562A
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 43.37, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 63.69, 47.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1206 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.157 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.8360, 19.2440, 4.4387)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9562A #2A9DC9

analogous

#C92A4D #C9562A #C9A62A

triadic

#C9562A #2AC956 #562AC9

tetradic

#C9562A #4DC92A #2A9DC9 #A62AC9

square

#C9562A #4DC92A #2A9DC9 #A62AC9

split-complementary

#C9562A #2AC9A6 #2A4DC9

monochromatic

#642B15 #96401F #C9562A #DB7A55 #E6A287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C9562A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C9562A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9562A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9562A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9562A	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9562a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.157 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18967',
    500: '#c9562a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9562a;
$custom-light: #e18967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9562a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.604,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59368,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9562A

secondary

#7FB9D0

accent

#BAE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9562A

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

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