#C9762A#C9762A

#C9762A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.135 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9762A
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 26.87, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 59.44, 63.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0708 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.135 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9865, 25.5449, 5.4889)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9762A #2A7DC9

analogous

#C92A2E #C9762A #C9C52A

triadic

#C9762A #2AC976 #762AC9

tetradic

#C9762A #2EC92A #2A7DC9 #C52AC9

square

#C9762A #2EC92A #2A7DC9 #C52AC9

split-complementary

#C9762A #2AC9C5 #2A2EC9

monochromatic

#643B15 #96581F #C9762A #DB9555 #E6B587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C9762A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C9762A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9762A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9762A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9762A	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9762a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.135 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09e69',
    500: '#c9762a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9762a;
$custom-light: #e09e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9762a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.679,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9762A

secondary

#7FA9D0

accent

#98E83F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9762A

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

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