#C9803C#C9803C

#C9803C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9803C
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 60)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 22.26, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 52.34, 64.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0597 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.123 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6247, 28.1852, 7.9962)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9803C #3C85C9

analogous

#C93C3E #C9803C #C9C63C

triadic

#C9803C #3CC980 #803CC9

tetradic

#C9803C #3EC93C #3C85C9 #C63CC9

square

#C9803C #3EC93C #3C85C9 #C63CC9

split-complementary

#C9803C #3CC9C6 #3C3EC9

monochromatic

#6D441E #9C622B #C9803C #D69F6C #E4BE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C9803C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C9803C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9803C

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9803C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9803C	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9803c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea575',
    500: '#c9803c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9803c;
$custom-light: #dea575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9803c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.936,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9803C

secondary

#91B2D0

accent

#97E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9803C

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

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