#C9603D#C9603D

#C9603D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.143 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9603D
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 61)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 39.27, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 55.45, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1113 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.143 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1153, 21.1238, 6.9581)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9603D #3DA6C9

analogous

#C93D60 #C9603D #C9A63D

triadic

#C9603D #3DC960 #603DC9

tetradic

#C9603D #60C93D #3DA6C9 #A63DC9

square

#C9603D #60C93D #3DA6C9 #A63DC9

split-complementary

#C9603D #3DC9A6 #3D60C9

monochromatic

#6D321E #9D482C #C9603D #D6876D #E4AE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#C9603D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#C9603D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9603D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9603D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9603D	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9603d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.143 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f74',
    500: '#c9603d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9603d;
$custom-light: #e08f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9603d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61035,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9603D

secondary

#92C0D0

accent

#BAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9603D

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

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