#C9842F#C9842F

#C9842F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.129 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9842F
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(33, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 19.46, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 57.48, 70.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0496 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.129 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8543, 29.1284, 6.5808)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9842F #2F74C9

analogous

#C9372F #C9842F #C1C92F

triadic

#C9842F #2FC984 #842FC9

tetradic

#C9842F #2FC937 #2F74C9 #C92FC1

square

#C9842F #2FC937 #2F74C9 #C92FC1

split-complementary

#C9842F #2FC1C9 #372FC9

monochromatic

#664318 #976323 #C9842F #D9A15C #E5BE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C9842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C9842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9842F

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9842F	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)

#9B8923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.129 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa76d',
    500: '#c9842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9842f;
$custom-light: #dfa76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.117,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67004,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9842F

secondary

#85A6CF

accent

#8BE543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9842F

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

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