#C9831A#C9831A

#C9831A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.137 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9831A
RGB	rgb(201, 131, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 19.34, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 64.22, 72.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0469 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.137 70)
XYZ	xyz(32.3928, 28.7278, 4.8162)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9831A #1A60C9

analogous

#C92B1A #C9831A #B8C91A

triadic

#C9831A #1AC983 #831AC9

tetradic

#C9831A #1AC92B #1A60C9 #C91AB8

square

#C9831A #1AC92B #1A60C9 #C91AB8

split-complementary

#C9831A #1AB8C9 #2B1AC9

monochromatic

#5D3C0C #936013 #C9831A #E6A13B #EDBB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C9831A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#C9831A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9831A

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9831A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9831A	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)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB991E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9831a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 131, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.137 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a763',
    500: '#c9831a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9831a;
$custom-light: #e0a763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9831a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.28725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9831A

secondary

#6C95D3

accent

#81F434

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9831A

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

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