#C9701A#C9701A

#C9701A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.144 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9701A
RGB	rgb(201, 112, 26)
HSL	hsl(29, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(29, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 29.62, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 64.87, 62.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0771 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.144 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0709, 24.0839, 4.0422)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9701A #1A73C9

analogous

#C91A1B #C9701A #C9C81A

triadic

#C9701A #1AC970 #701AC9

tetradic

#C9701A #1BC91A #1A73C9 #C81AC9

square

#C9701A #1BC91A #1A73C9 #C81AC9

split-complementary

#C9701A #1AC9C8 #1A1BC9

monochromatic

#5D340C #935213 #C9701A #E68F3B #EDAE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C9701A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C9701A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9701A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9701A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9701A	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9701a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 112, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.144 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19a61',
    500: '#c9701a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9701a;
$custom-light: #e19a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9701a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.486,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9701A

secondary

#6CA0D3

accent

#96F434

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E05

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9701A

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

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