#C9823C#C9823C

#C9823C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9823C
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 60)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 21.17, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 52.35, 66.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0565 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.122 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8881, 28.7121, 8.0840)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9823C #3C83C9

analogous

#C93C3C #C9823C #C9C83C

triadic

#C9823C #3CC982 #823CC9

tetradic

#C9823C #3CC93C #3C83C9 #C83CC9

square

#C9823C #3CC93C #3C83C9 #C83CC9

split-complementary

#C9823C #3CC9C8 #3C3CC9

monochromatic

#6D451E #9C632B #C9823C #D6A16C #E4BF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C9823C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#C9823C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9823C

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9823C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9823C	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9823c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea675',
    500: '#c9823c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9823c;
$custom-light: #dea675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9823c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.787,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66752,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9823C

secondary

#91B1D0

accent

#94E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9823C

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

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