#C9841E#C9841E

#C9841E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.136 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9841E
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 18.89, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 63.14, 72.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.046 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.136 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5757, 29.0169, 5.1133)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9841E #1E63C9

analogous

#C92E1E #C9841E #B9C91E

triadic

#C9841E #1EC984 #841EC9

tetradic

#C9841E #1EC92E #1E63C9 #C91EB9

square

#C9841E #1EC92E #1E63C9 #C91EB9

split-complementary

#C9841E #1EB9C9 #2E1EC9

monochromatic

#5E3E0E #946116 #C9841E #E3A241 #EBBC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C9841E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#C9841E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9841E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9841E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9841E	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)

#9B8901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9841e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.136 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a765',
    500: '#c9841e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9841e;
$custom-light: #e0a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9841e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66896,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9841E

secondary

#7198D2

accent

#82F137

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9841E

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

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