#C9743A#C9743A

#C9743A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.129 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9743A
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 58)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 28.65, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 53.65, 57.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0785 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.129 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0991, 25.2171, 7.2318)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9743A #3A8FC9

analogous

#C93A47 #C9743A #C9BC3A

triadic

#C9743A #3AC974 #743AC9

tetradic

#C9743A #47C93A #3A8FC9 #BC3AC9

square

#C9743A #47C93A #3A8FC9 #BC3AC9

split-complementary

#C9743A #3AC9BC #3A47C9

monochromatic

#6B3D1D #9B582B #C9743A #D6966A #E3B89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C9743A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C9743A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9743A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9743A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9743A	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9743a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.129 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d73',
    500: '#c9743a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9743a;
$custom-light: #df9d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9743a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.336,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64242,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9743A

secondary

#90B5CF

accent

#A2E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9743A

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

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