#C8953B#C8953B

#C8953B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8953B
RGB	rgb(200, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 10.31, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 54.06, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0244 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.121 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3585, 34.0927, 8.8551)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8953B #3B6EC8

analogous

#C84E3B #C8953B #B4C83B

triadic

#C8953B #3BC895 #953BC8

tetradic

#C8953B #3BC84E #3B6EC8 #C83BB4

square

#C8953B #3BC84E #3B6EC8 #C83BB4

split-complementary

#C8953B #3BB4C8 #4E3BC8

monochromatic

#6B4F1E #9A722B #C8953B #D5AF6B #E3C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C8953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#C8953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8953B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8953B	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb476',
    500: '#c8953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8953b;
$custom-light: #ddb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8953B

secondary

#90A7CF

accent

#7FDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8953B

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

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