#C9842D#C9842D

#C9842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.130 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9842D
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 19.38, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 58.22, 70.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0491 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.13 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8149, 29.1126, 6.3732)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9842D #2D72C9

analogous

#C9362D #C9842D #C0C92D

triadic

#C9842D #2DC984 #842DC9

tetradic

#C9842D #2DC936 #2D72C9 #C92DC0

square

#C9842D #2DC936 #2D72C9 #C92DC0

split-complementary

#C9842D #2DC0C9 #362DC9

monochromatic

#654217 #976322 #C9842D #DAA159 #E5BD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C9842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C9842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9842D

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9842D	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.130 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa76c',
    500: '#c9842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9842d;
$custom-light: #dfa76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66989,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9842D

secondary

#83A4CF

accent

#8AE641

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9842D

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

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