#C9735B#C9735B

#C9735B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9735B
RGB	rgb(201, 115, 91)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(13, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 54.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 31.42, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 42.06, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0921 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.115 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1087, 25.4375, 13.1144)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9735B #5BB1C9

analogous

#C95B7A #C9735B #C9AA5B

triadic

#C9735B #5BC973 #735BC9

tetradic

#C9735B #7AC95B #5BB1C9 #AA5BC9

square

#C9735B #7AC95B #5BB1C9 #AA5BC9

split-complementary

#C9735B #5BC9AA #5B7AC9

monochromatic

#803D2A #AE5339 #C9735B #D89A89 #E7C2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C9735B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C9735B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9735B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9735B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9735B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9735b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 115, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9c89',
    500: '#c9735b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9735b;
$custom-light: #dd9c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9735b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9735B

secondary

#AACCD6

accent

#BBDA4E

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9735B

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

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