#C9642E#C9642E

#C9642E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.145 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9642E
RGB	rgb(201, 100, 46)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 36.54, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 59.91, 52.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1004 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.145 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1405, 21.7327, 5.2445)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9642E #2E93C9

analogous

#C92E46 #C9642E #C9B12E

triadic

#C9642E #2EC964 #642EC9

tetradic

#C9642E #46C92E #2E93C9 #B12EC9

square

#C9642E #46C92E #2E93C9 #B12EC9

split-complementary

#C9642E #2EC9B1 #2E46C9

monochromatic

#653217 #974B23 #C9642E #D9875B #E5AB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C9642E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C9642E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9642E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9642E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9642E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9642e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 100, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.145 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0926a',
    500: '#c9642e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9642e;
$custom-light: #e0926a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9642e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.903,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9642E

secondary

#84B5CF

accent

#ADE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9642E

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

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