#C9642F#C9642F

#C9642F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.144 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9642F
RGB	rgb(201, 100, 47)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 36.58, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 59.56, 52.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1007 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.144 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1605, 21.7407, 5.3495)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9642F #2F94C9

analogous

#C92F47 #C9642F #C9B12F

triadic

#C9642F #2FC964 #642FC9

tetradic

#C9642F #47C92F #2F94C9 #B12FC9

square

#C9642F #47C92F #2F94C9 #B12FC9

split-complementary

#C9642F #2FC9B1 #2F47C9

monochromatic

#663318 #974B23 #C9642F #D9875C #E5AC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C9642F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#C9642F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9642F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9642F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9642F	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)

#807328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9642f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 100, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.144 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0926b',
    500: '#c9642f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9642f;
$custom-light: #e0926b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9642f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.649,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61498,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9642F

secondary

#85B5CF

accent

#ADE543

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9642F

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

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