#C9803F#C9803F

#C9803F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.121 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9803F
RGB	rgb(201, 128, 63)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 22.42, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 51.13, 63.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0607 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.121 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7062, 28.2178, 8.4258)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9803F #3F88C9

analogous

#C93F43 #C9803F #C9C53F

triadic

#C9803F #3FC980 #803FC9

tetradic

#C9803F #43C93F #3F88C9 #C53FC9

square

#C9803F #43C93F #3F88C9 #C53FC9

split-complementary

#C9803F #3FC9C5 #3F43C9

monochromatic

#6F441F #9E622D #C9803F #D6A06F #E4BF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C9803F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C9803F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9803F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9803F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9803F	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)

#968738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9803f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 128, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.121 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea577',
    500: '#c9803f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9803f;
$custom-light: #dea577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9803f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.261,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9803F

secondary

#94B4D0

accent

#98DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9803F

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

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