#C9782E#C9782E

#C9782E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.133 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9782E
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 46)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 25.95, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 57.91, 63.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0686 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.133 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2997, 26.0510, 5.9642)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9782E #2E7FC9

analogous

#C92E32 #C9782E #C9C52E

triadic

#C9782E #2EC978 #782EC9

tetradic

#C9782E #32C92E #2E7FC9 #C52EC9

square

#C9782E #32C92E #2E7FC9 #C52EC9

split-complementary

#C9782E #2EC9C5 #2E32C9

monochromatic

#653D17 #975A23 #C9782E #D9975B #E5B78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C9782E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#C9782E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9782E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9782E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9782E	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)

#918024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9782e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.133 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9f6c',
    500: '#c9782e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9782e;
$custom-light: #df9f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9782e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.645,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64825,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9782E

secondary

#84ABCF

accent

#98E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9782E

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