#C9712A#C9712A

#C9712A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.138 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9712A
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 29.56, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 59.78, 60.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0788 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.138 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4132, 24.3983, 5.2978)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9712A #2A82C9

analogous

#C92A33 #C9712A #C9C02A

triadic

#C9712A #2AC971 #712AC9

tetradic

#C9712A #33C92A #2A82C9 #C02AC9

square

#C9712A #33C92A #2A82C9 #C02AC9

split-complementary

#C9712A #2AC9C0 #2A33C9

monochromatic

#643815 #96551F #C9712A #DB9155 #E6B287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C9712A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C9712A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9712A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9712A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9712A	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9712a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.138 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09a69',
    500: '#c9712a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9712a;
$custom-light: #e09a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9712a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.792,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9712A

secondary

#7FACD0

accent

#9DE83F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E06

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9712A

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

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