#C9743C#C9743C

#C9743C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.128 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9743C
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 60)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 28.76, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 52.89, 57.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0792 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.128 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1510, 25.2378, 7.5050)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9743C #3C91C9

analogous

#C93C4A #C9743C #C9BB3C

triadic

#C9743C #3CC974 #743CC9

tetradic

#C9743C #4AC93C #3C91C9 #BB3CC9

square

#C9743C #4AC93C #3C91C9 #BB3CC9

split-complementary

#C9743C #3CC9BB #3C4AC9

monochromatic

#6D3D1E #9C582B #C9743C #D6966C #E4B89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C9743C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C9743C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9743C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9743C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9743C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9743c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.128 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d74',
    500: '#c9743c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9743c;
$custom-light: #df9d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9743c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.83,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64264,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9743C

secondary

#91B7D0

accent

#A4E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9743C

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

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