#C9811B#C9811B

#C9811B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.137 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9811B
RGB	rgb(201, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 20.45, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 63.92, 71.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0502 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.137 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1382, 28.2003, 4.7874)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9811B #1B63C9

analogous

#C92A1B #C9811B #BAC91B

triadic

#C9811B #1BC981 #811BC9

tetradic

#C9811B #1BC92A #1B63C9 #C91BBA

square

#C9811B #1BC92A #1B63C9 #C91BBA

split-complementary

#C9811B #1BBAC9 #2A1BC9

monochromatic

#5D3C0D #935E14 #C9811B #E59F3C #ECBA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C9811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#C9811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9811B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9811B	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)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA981E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.137 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a563',
    500: '#c9811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9811b;
$custom-light: #e0a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66327,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9811B

secondary

#6D97D3

accent

#84F335

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9811B

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

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