#C9743B#C9743B

#C9743B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.129 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9743B
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 59)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 28.70, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 53.27, 57.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.0789 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.129 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1248, 25.2274, 7.3671)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9743B #3B90C9

analogous

#C93B49 #C9743B #C9BB3B

triadic

#C9743B #3BC974 #743BC9

tetradic

#C9743B #49C93B #3B90C9 #BB3BC9

square

#C9743B #49C93B #3B90C9 #BB3BC9

split-complementary

#C9743B #3BC9BB #3B49C9

monochromatic

#6C3D1E #9C582B #C9743B #D6966B #E3B89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C9743B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C9743B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9743B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9743B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9743B	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#8C7E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9743b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.129 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d73',
    500: '#c9743b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9743b;
$custom-light: #df9d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9743b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.085,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64253,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9743B

secondary

#90B6CF

accent

#A3E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9743B

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

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