#C9802B#C9802B

#C9802B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.131 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9802B
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(32, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 21.48, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 58.86, 68.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.055 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.131 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2452, 28.0334, 5.9978)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9802B #2B74C9

analogous

#C9312B #C9802B #C3C92B

triadic

#C9802B #2BC980 #802BC9

tetradic

#C9802B #2BC931 #2B74C9 #C92BC3

square

#C9802B #2BC931 #2B74C9 #C92BC3

split-complementary

#C9802B #2BC3C9 #312BC9

monochromatic

#644015 #976020 #C9802B #DB9E56 #E6BB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C9802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#C9802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9802B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9802B	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.131 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa56b',
    500: '#c9802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9802b;
$custom-light: #dfa56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.278,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66237,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9802B

secondary

#80A5CF

accent

#8EE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9802B

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

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