#C9762C#C9762C

#C9762C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.134 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9762C
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 44)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 26.95, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 58.73, 62.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0713 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.134 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0232, 25.5596, 5.6821)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9762C #2C7FC9

analogous

#C92C31 #C9762C #C9C42C

triadic

#C9762C #2CC976 #762CC9

tetradic

#C9762C #31C92C #2C7FC9 #C42CC9

square

#C9762C #31C92C #2C7FC9 #C42CC9

split-complementary

#C9762C #2CC9C4 #2C31C9

monochromatic

#653B16 #975921 #C9762C #DA9558 #E5B58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C9762C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C9762C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9762C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9762C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9762C	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)

#8F7F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9762c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.134 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09e6a',
    500: '#c9762c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9762c;
$custom-light: #e09e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9762c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.28,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64459,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9762C

secondary

#82ABCF

accent

#99E741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9762C

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

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