#C9692E#C9692E

#C9692E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.141 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9692E
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 33.94, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 59.21, 55.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0926 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.141 49)
XYZ	xyz(29.6349, 22.7214, 5.4093)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9692E #2E8EC9

analogous

#C92E40 #C9692E #C9B62E

triadic

#C9692E #2EC969 #692EC9

tetradic

#C9692E #40C92E #2E8EC9 #B62EC9

square

#C9692E #40C92E #2E8EC9 #B62EC9

split-complementary

#C9692E #2EC9B6 #2E40C9

monochromatic

#653517 #974F23 #C9692E #D98B5B #E5AE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C9692E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C9692E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9692E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9692E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9692E	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9692e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.141 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0956a',
    500: '#c9692e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9692e;
$custom-light: #e0956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9692e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.839,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.22718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9692E

secondary

#84B2CF

accent

#A7E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9692E

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

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