#C9762E#C9762E

#C9762E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.134 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9762E
RGB	rgb(201, 118, 46)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 27.03, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 58.01, 62.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0718 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.134 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0617, 25.5750, 5.8849)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9762E #2E81C9

analogous

#C92E33 #C9762E #C9C32E

triadic

#C9762E #2EC976 #762EC9

tetradic

#C9762E #33C92E #2E81C9 #C32EC9

square

#C9762E #33C92E #2E81C9 #C32EC9

split-complementary

#C9762E #2EC9C3 #2E33C9

monochromatic

#653C17 #975923 #C9762E #D9965B #E5B68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C9762E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C9762E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9762E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9762E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9762E	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#8F7F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9762e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 118, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.134 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09e6b',
    500: '#c9762e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9762e;
$custom-light: #e09e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9762e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.871,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9762E

secondary

#84ACCF

accent

#9AE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9762E

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

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