#C9724F#C9724F

#C9724F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9724F
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 79)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 31.02, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 46.11, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0891 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.12 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5184, 25.0199, 10.5651)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9724F #4FA6C9

analogous

#C94F69 #C9724F #C9AF4F

triadic

#C9724F #4FC972 #724FC9

tetradic

#C9724F #69C94F #4FA6C9 #AF4FC9

square

#C9724F #69C94F #4FA6C9 #AF4FC9

split-complementary

#C9724F #4FC9AF #4F69C9

monochromatic

#793D25 #A75533 #C9724F #D7987E #E6BDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C9724F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#C9724F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9724F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9724F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9724F	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9724f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9b81',
    500: '#c9724f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9724f;
$custom-light: #de9b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9724f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.213,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9724F

secondary

#A0C5D4

accent

#B3DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9724F

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

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