#C9782A#C9782A

#C9782A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.134 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9782A
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 25.79, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 59.35, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0676 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.134 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2245, 26.0209, 5.5682)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9782A #2A7BC9

analogous

#C92A2B #C9782A #C9C72A

triadic

#C9782A #2AC978 #782AC9

tetradic

#C9782A #2BC92A #2A7BC9 #C72AC9

square

#C9782A #2BC92A #2A7BC9 #C72AC9

split-complementary

#C9782A #2AC9C7 #2A2BC9

monochromatic

#643C15 #965A1F #C9782A #DB9755 #E6B687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#C9782A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#C9782A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9782A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9782A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9782A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91801E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9782a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.134 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09f69',
    500: '#c9782a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9782a;
$custom-light: #e09f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9782a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64794,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9782A

secondary

#7FA8D0

accent

#95E83F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9782A

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