#C9841A#C9841A

#C9841A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.137 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9841A
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 18.79, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 64.24, 72.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0453 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.137 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5278, 28.9977, 4.8611)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9841A #1A5FC9

analogous

#C92D1A #C9841A #B7C91A

triadic

#C9841A #1AC984 #841AC9

tetradic

#C9841A #1AC92D #1A5FC9 #C91AB7

square

#C9841A #1AC92D #1A5FC9 #C91AB7

split-complementary

#C9841A #1AB7C9 #2D1AC9

monochromatic

#5D3D0C #936013 #C9841A #E6A23B #EDBC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C9841A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#C9841A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9841A

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9841A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9841A	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC991E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9841a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.137 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a763',
    500: '#c9841a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9841a;
$custom-light: #e0a763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9841a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.343,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66878,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9841A

secondary

#6C94D3

accent

#80F434

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9841A

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

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