#C9782C#C9782C

#C9782C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.133 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9782C
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 44)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 25.87, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 58.64, 63.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0681 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.133 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2612, 26.0356, 5.7614)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9782C #2C7DC9

analogous

#C92C2E #C9782C #C9C72C

triadic

#C9782C #2CC978 #782CC9

tetradic

#C9782C #2EC92C #2C7DC9 #C72CC9

square

#C9782C #2EC92C #2C7DC9 #C72CC9

split-complementary

#C9782C #2CC9C7 #2C2EC9

monochromatic

#653C16 #975A21 #C9782C #DA9758 #E5B68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C9782C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#C9782C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9782C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9782C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9782C	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9782c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.133 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09f6a',
    500: '#c9782c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9782c;
$custom-light: #e09f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9782c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.045,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64809,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9782C

secondary

#82AACF

accent

#97E741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9782C

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