#C9762D#C9762D

#C9762D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.134 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9762D
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 45)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 26.99, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 58.37, 62.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.0716 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.134 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0422, 25.5672, 5.7823)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9762D #2D80C9

analogous

#C92D32 #C9762D #C9C42D

triadic

#C9762D #2DC976 #762DC9

tetradic

#C9762D #32C92D #2D80C9 #C42DC9

square

#C9762D #32C92D #2D80C9 #C42DC9

split-complementary

#C9762D #2DC9C4 #2D32C9

monochromatic

#653B17 #975922 #C9762D #DA9559 #E5B58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C9762D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C9762D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9762D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9762D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9762D	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)

#8F7F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9762d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.134 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09e6b',
    500: '#c9762d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9762d;
$custom-light: #e09e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9762d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.077,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64466,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9762D

secondary

#83ABCF

accent

#99E641

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9762D

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

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