#C9742D#C9742D

#C9742D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.135 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9742D
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 45)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 28.06, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 58.49, 61.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0748 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.135 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8092, 25.1011, 5.7046)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9742D #2D82C9

analogous

#C92D34 #C9742D #C9C22D

triadic

#C9742D #2DC974 #742DC9

tetradic

#C9742D #34C92D #2D82C9 #C22DC9

square

#C9742D #34C92D #2D82C9 #C22DC9

split-complementary

#C9742D #2DC9C2 #2D34C9

monochromatic

#653A17 #975722 #C9742D #DA9459 #E5B48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C9742D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C9742D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9742D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9742D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9742D	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)

#8D7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9742d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.135 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6b',
    500: '#c9742d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9742d;
$custom-light: #e09c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9742d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.308,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64119,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9742D

secondary

#83ACCF

accent

#9BE641

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9742D

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

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