#C9783C#C9783C

#C9783C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.126 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9783C
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 60)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 26.60, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 52.60, 59.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0727 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.126 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6220, 26.1799, 7.6620)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9783C #3C8DC9

analogous

#C93C46 #C9783C #C9BF3C

triadic

#C9783C #3CC978 #783CC9

tetradic

#C9783C #46C93C #3C8DC9 #BF3CC9

square

#C9783C #46C93C #3C8DC9 #BF3CC9

split-complementary

#C9783C #3CC9BF #3C46C9

monochromatic

#6D3F1E #9C5B2B #C9783C #D6996C #E4BA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#C9783C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#C9783C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9783C

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9783C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9783C	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9783c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.126 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9f74',
    500: '#c9783c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9783c;
$custom-light: #df9f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9783c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.532,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64958,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9783C

secondary

#91B5D0

accent

#9FE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9783C

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

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