#C9742C#C9742C

#C9742C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.135 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9742C
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 28.02, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 58.85, 61.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0745 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.135 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7901, 25.0935, 5.6044)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9742C #2C81C9

analogous

#C92C32 #C9742C #C9C22C

triadic

#C9742C #2CC974 #742CC9

tetradic

#C9742C #32C92C #2C81C9 #C22CC9

square

#C9742C #32C92C #2C81C9 #C22CC9

split-complementary

#C9742C #2CC9C2 #2C32C9

monochromatic

#653A16 #975721 #C9742C #DA9458 #E5B48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C9742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C9742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9742C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9742C	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.135 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6a',
    500: '#c9742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9742c;
$custom-light: #e09c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.516,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9742C

secondary

#82ACCF

accent

#9BE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9742C

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

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