#C9784B#C9784B

#C9784B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.118 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9784B
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 75)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 27.51, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 46.79, 53.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0778 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.118 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0763, 26.3616, 10.0543)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9784B #4B9CC9

analogous

#C94B5D #C9784B #C9B74B

triadic

#C9784B #4BC978 #784BC9

tetradic

#C9784B #5DC94B #4B9CC9 #B74BC9

square

#C9784B #5DC94B #4B9CC9 #B74BC9

split-complementary

#C9784B #4BC9B7 #4B5DC9

monochromatic

#764123 #A55B32 #C9784B #D79B7A #E5BFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#C9784B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#C9784B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9784B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9784B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9784B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9784b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.118 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9f7e',
    500: '#c9784b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9784b;
$custom-light: #de9f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9784b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65145,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9784B

secondary

#9DC0D3

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9784B

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

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