#C9811E#C9811E

#C9811E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.136 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9811E
RGB	rgb(201, 129, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 20.53, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 63.09, 71.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0507 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.136 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1747, 28.2149, 4.9796)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9811E #1E66C9

analogous

#C92C1E #C9811E #BBC91E

triadic

#C9811E #1EC981 #811EC9

tetradic

#C9811E #1EC92C #1E66C9 #C91EBB

square

#C9811E #1EC92C #1E66C9 #C91EBB

split-complementary

#C9811E #1EBBC9 #2C1EC9

monochromatic

#5E3D0E #945F16 #C9811E #E39F41 #EBBA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C9811E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C9811E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9811E

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9811E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9811E	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9811e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 129, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.136 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a564',
    500: '#c9811e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9811e;
$custom-light: #e0a564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9811e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66341,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9811E

secondary

#719AD2

accent

#85F137

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9811E

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

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