#C9812F#C9812F

#C9812F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.129 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9812F
RGB	rgb(201, 129, 47)
HSL	hsl(32, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 21.10, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 57.41, 68.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0544 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.129 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4533, 28.3264, 6.4472)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9812F #2F77C9

analogous

#C9342F #C9812F #C4C92F

triadic

#C9812F #2FC981 #812FC9

tetradic

#C9812F #2FC934 #2F77C9 #C92FC4

square

#C9812F #2FC934 #2F77C9 #C92FC4

split-complementary

#C9812F #2FC4C9 #342FC9

monochromatic

#664118 #976123 #C9812F #D99F5C #E5BC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C9812F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#C9812F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9812F

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9812F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9812F	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)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9812f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 129, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.129 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa56d',
    500: '#c9812f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9812f;
$custom-light: #dfa56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9812f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.948,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9812F

secondary

#85A7CF

accent

#8FE543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9812F

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

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