#C9801B#C9801B

#C9801B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.138 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9801B
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 21.00, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 63.92, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0518 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.138 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0071, 27.9382, 4.7437)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9801B #1B64C9

analogous

#C9291B #C9801B #BBC91B

triadic

#C9801B #1BC980 #801BC9

tetradic

#C9801B #1BC929 #1B64C9 #C91BBB

square

#C9801B #1BC929 #1B64C9 #C91BBB

split-complementary

#C9801B #1BBBC9 #291BC9

monochromatic

#5D3B0D #935E14 #C9801B #E59E3C #ECB972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C9801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C9801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9801B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9801B	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9971E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.138 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a563',
    500: '#c9801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9801b;
$custom-light: #e0a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.828,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66143,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9801B

secondary

#6D98D3

accent

#85F335

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9801B

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

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