#C9742A#C9742A

#C9742A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.136 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9742A
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 27.95, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 59.56, 62.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.074 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.136 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7534, 25.0788, 5.4112)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9742A #2A7FC9

analogous

#C92A2F #C9742A #C9C42A

triadic

#C9742A #2AC974 #742AC9

tetradic

#C9742A #2FC92A #2A7FC9 #C42AC9

square

#C9742A #2FC92A #2A7FC9 #C42AC9

split-complementary

#C9742A #2AC9C4 #2A2FC9

monochromatic

#643A15 #96571F #C9742A #DB9355 #E6B387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C9742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C9742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9742A

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9742A	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.136 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c69',
    500: '#c9742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9742a;
$custom-light: #e09c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.925,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64096,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9742A

secondary

#7FAAD0

accent

#9AE83F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9742A

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

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