#C9642D#C9642D

#C9642D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.145 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9642D
RGB	rgb(201, 100, 45)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 36.50, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 60.25, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1001 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.145 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1210, 21.7249, 5.1419)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9642D #2D92C9

analogous

#C92D44 #C9642D #C9B22D

triadic

#C9642D #2DC964 #642DC9

tetradic

#C9642D #44C92D #2D92C9 #B22DC9

square

#C9642D #44C92D #2D92C9 #B22DC9

split-complementary

#C9642D #2DC9B2 #2D44C9

monochromatic

#653217 #974B22 #C9642D #DA8759 #E5AB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C9642D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#C9642D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9642D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9642D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9642D	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9642d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 100, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.145 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09269',
    500: '#c9642d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9642d;
$custom-light: #e09269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9642d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.154,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61479,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9642D

secondary

#83B4CF

accent

#ACE641

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170D06

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9642D

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

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