#C9782B#C9782B

#C9782B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.134 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9782B
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 43)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 25.83, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 58.99, 64.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0679 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.134 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2426, 26.0282, 5.6636)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9782B #2B7CC9

analogous

#C92B2D #C9782B #C9C72B

triadic

#C9782B #2BC978 #782BC9

tetradic

#C9782B #2DC92B #2B7CC9 #C72BC9

square

#C9782B #2DC92B #2B7CC9 #C72BC9

split-complementary

#C9782B #2BC9C7 #2B2DC9

monochromatic

#643C15 #975A20 #C9782B #DB9756 #E6B689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C9782B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#C9782B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9782B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9782B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9782B	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#918020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9782b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.134 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09f6a',
    500: '#c9782b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9782b;
$custom-light: #e09f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9782b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.241,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64801,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9782B

secondary

#80A9CF

accent

#96E840

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9782B

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