#C9784E#C9784E

#C9784E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9784E
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 78)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 27.72, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 45.66, 52.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0789 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.116 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1814, 26.4037, 10.6079)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9784E #4E9FC9

analogous

#C94E61 #C9784E #C9B64E

triadic

#C9784E #4EC978 #784EC9

tetradic

#C9784E #61C94E #4E9FC9 #B64EC9

square

#C9784E #61C94E #4E9FC9 #B64EC9

split-complementary

#C9784E #4EC9B6 #4E61C9

monochromatic

#784125 #A75B33 #C9784E #D79C7D #E6C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#C9784E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#C9784E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9784E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9784E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9784E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9784e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9f80',
    500: '#c9784e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9784e;
$custom-light: #de9f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9784e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.488,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65189,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9784E

secondary

#9FC2D3

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9784E

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

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