#C9743E#C9743E

#C9743E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.127 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9743E
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 62)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 28.86, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 52.13, 56.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0798 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.127 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2049, 25.2594, 7.7887)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9743E #3E93C9

analogous

#C93E4E #C9743E #C9B93E

triadic

#C9743E #3EC974 #743EC9

tetradic

#C9743E #4EC93E #3E93C9 #B93EC9

square

#C9743E #4EC93E #3E93C9 #B93EC9

split-complementary

#C9743E #3EC9B9 #3E4EC9

monochromatic

#6E3D1F #9E582C #C9743E #D6966E #E4B99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C9743E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C9743E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9743E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9743E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9743E	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)

#8C7E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9743e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d75',
    500: '#c9743e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9743e;
$custom-light: #df9d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9743e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.309,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64287,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9743E

secondary

#93B8D0

accent

#A5E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9743E

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

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