#C9712E#C9712E

#C9712E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.136 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9712E
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 46)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 29.71, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 58.36, 59.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0799 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.136 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4884, 24.4284, 5.6938)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9712E #2E86C9

analogous

#C92E39 #C9712E #C9BE2E

triadic

#C9712E #2EC971 #712EC9

tetradic

#C9712E #39C92E #2E86C9 #BE2EC9

square

#C9712E #39C92E #2E86C9 #BE2EC9

split-complementary

#C9712E #2EC9BE #2E39C9

monochromatic

#653917 #975523 #C9712E #D9925B #E5B38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C9712E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C9712E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9712E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9712E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9712E	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9712e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.136 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09a6b',
    500: '#c9712e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9712e;
$custom-light: #e09a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9712e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.935,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9712E

secondary

#84AECF

accent

#9FE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9712E

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

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