#C9744E#C9744E

#C9744E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9744E
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 78)
HSL	hsl(19, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 29.88, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 46.16, 49.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0855 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.119 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7103, 25.4616, 10.4508)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9744E #4EA3C9

analogous

#C94E65 #C9744E #C9B24E

triadic

#C9744E #4EC974 #744EC9

tetradic

#C9744E #65C94E #4EA3C9 #B24EC9

square

#C9744E #65C94E #4EA3C9 #B24EC9

split-complementary

#C9744E #4EC9B2 #4E65C9

monochromatic

#783E25 #A75733 #C9744E #D7997D #E6BEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C9744E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C9744E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9744E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9744E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9744E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9744e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d80',
    500: '#c9744e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9744e;
$custom-light: #de9d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9744e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.537,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.645,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9744E

secondary

#9FC3D3

accent

#B0DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9744E

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

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