#C9803A#C9803A

#C9803A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.124 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9803A
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 58)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 22.15, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 53.15, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0591 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.124 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5728, 28.1645, 7.7230)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9803A #3A83C9

analogous

#C93A3B #C9803A #C9C83A

triadic

#C9803A #3AC980 #803AC9

tetradic

#C9803A #3BC93A #3A83C9 #C83AC9

square

#C9803A #3BC93A #3A83C9 #C83AC9

split-complementary

#C9803A #3AC9C8 #3A3BC9

monochromatic

#6B431D #9B622B #C9803A #D69F6A #E3BE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#C9803A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#C9803A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9803A

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9803A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9803A	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9803a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.124 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa574',
    500: '#c9803a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9803a;
$custom-light: #dfa574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9803a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.371,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66367,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9803A

secondary

#90B0CF

accent

#96E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9803A

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

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