#C9623E#C9623E

#C9623E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.141 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9623E
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 62)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 38.31, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 54.73, 45.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1086 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.141 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3273, 21.5042, 7.1628)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9623E #3EA5C9

analogous

#C93E60 #C9623E #C9A83E

triadic

#C9623E #3EC962 #623EC9

tetradic

#C9623E #60C93E #3EA5C9 #A83EC9

square

#C9623E #60C93E #3EA5C9 #A83EC9

split-complementary

#C9623E #3EC9A8 #3E60C9

monochromatic

#6E331F #9E4A2C #C9623E #D6896E #E4B09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C9623E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C9623E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9623E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9623E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9623E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9623e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.141 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09174',
    500: '#c9623e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9623e;
$custom-light: #e09174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9623e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9623E

secondary

#93C0D0

accent

#B8E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9623E

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

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