#C9794E#C9794E

#C9794E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9794E
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 78)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 27.18, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 45.55, 53.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0773 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.116 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3023, 26.6455, 10.6482)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9794E #4E9EC9

analogous

#C94E60 #C9794E #C9B74E

triadic

#C9794E #4EC979 #794EC9

tetradic

#C9794E #60C94E #4E9EC9 #B74EC9

square

#C9794E #60C94E #4E9EC9 #B74EC9

split-complementary

#C9794E #4EC9B7 #4E60C9

monochromatic

#784225 #A75B33 #C9794E #D79D7D #E6C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C9794E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#C9794E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9794E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9794E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9794E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F824A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9794e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea080',
    500: '#c9794e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9794e;
$custom-light: #dea080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9794e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65363,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9794E

secondary

#9FC1D3

accent

#AADD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9794E

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

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