#C9802E#C9802E

#C9802E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.130 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9802E
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 46)
HSL	hsl(32, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 21.60, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 57.77, 68.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0558 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.13 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3023, 28.0563, 6.2985)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9802E #2E77C9

analogous

#C9322E #C9802E #C4C92E

triadic

#C9802E #2EC980 #802EC9

tetradic

#C9802E #2EC932 #2E77C9 #C92EC4

square

#C9802E #2EC932 #2E77C9 #C92EC4

split-complementary

#C9802E #2EC4C9 #322EC9

monochromatic

#654117 #976023 #C9802E #D99E5B #E5BB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C9802E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#C9802E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9802E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9802E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9802E	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)

#978622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9802e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.130 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa56c',
    500: '#c9802e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9802e;
$custom-light: #dfa56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9802e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.742,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6626,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9802E

secondary

#84A7CF

accent

#8FE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9802E

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

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