#C9803D#C9803D

#C9803D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.122 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9803D
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 61)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 22.31, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 51.94, 64.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.06 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.122 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6514, 28.1959, 8.1367)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9803D #3D86C9

analogous

#C93D40 #C9803D #C9C63D

triadic

#C9803D #3DC980 #803DC9

tetradic

#C9803D #40C93D #3D86C9 #C63DC9

square

#C9803D #40C93D #3D86C9 #C63DC9

split-complementary

#C9803D #3DC9C6 #3D40C9

monochromatic

#6D441E #9D622C #C9803D #D69F6D #E4BF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C9803D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C9803D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9803D

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9803D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9803D	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)

#968736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9803d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.122 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea575',
    500: '#c9803d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9803d;
$custom-light: #dea575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9803d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9803D

secondary

#92B2D0

accent

#97E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9803D

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

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