#C9842E#C9842E

#C9842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.129 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9842E
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 19.42, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 57.85, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0493 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.129 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8344, 29.1204, 6.4758)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9842E #2E73C9

analogous

#C9362E #C9842E #C0C92E

triadic

#C9842E #2EC984 #842EC9

tetradic

#C9842E #2EC936 #2E73C9 #C92EC0

square

#C9842E #2EC936 #2E73C9 #C92EC0

split-complementary

#C9842E #2EC0C9 #362EC9

monochromatic

#654317 #976323 #C9842E #D9A15B #E5BE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C9842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C9842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9842E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9842E	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)

#9B8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.129 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa76d',
    500: '#c9842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9842e;
$custom-light: #dfa76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.29,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66996,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9842E

secondary

#84A5CF

accent

#8BE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9842E

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

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