#C9812C#C9812C

#C9812C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.131 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9812C
RGB	rgb(201, 129, 44)
HSL	hsl(32, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 20.98, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 58.51, 68.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0537 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.131 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3949, 28.3030, 6.1393)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9812C #2C74C9

analogous

#C9322C #C9812C #C2C92C

triadic

#C9812C #2CC981 #812CC9

tetradic

#C9812C #2CC932 #2C74C9 #C92CC2

square

#C9812C #2CC932 #2C74C9 #C92CC2

split-complementary

#C9812C #2CC2C9 #322CC9

monochromatic

#654116 #976121 #C9812C #DA9F58 #E5BB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C9812C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#C9812C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9812C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9812C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9812C	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9812c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 129, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.131 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa56b',
    500: '#c9812c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9812c;
$custom-light: #dfa56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9812c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.484,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9812C

secondary

#82A5CF

accent

#8DE741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9812C

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

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