#C9742E#C9742E

#C9742E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.134 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9742E
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 28.10, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 58.13, 61.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0751 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.134 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8286, 25.1089, 5.8072)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9742E #2E83C9

analogous

#C92E35 #C9742E #C9C12E

triadic

#C9742E #2EC974 #742EC9

tetradic

#C9742E #35C92E #2E83C9 #C12EC9

square

#C9742E #35C92E #2E83C9 #C12EC9

split-complementary

#C9742E #2EC9C1 #2E35C9

monochromatic

#653B17 #975723 #C9742E #D9945B #E5B48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C9742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C9742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9742E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9742E	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)

#8D7E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.134 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6b',
    500: '#c9742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9742e;
$custom-light: #e09c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9742E

secondary

#84ADCF

accent

#9CE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9742E

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

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