#C9831E#C9831E

#C9831E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.136 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9831E
RGB	rgb(201, 131, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 19.43, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 63.12, 72.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0476 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.136 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4407, 28.7470, 5.0683)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9831E #1E64C9

analogous

#C92E1E #C9831E #B9C91E

triadic

#C9831E #1EC983 #831EC9

tetradic

#C9831E #1EC92E #1E64C9 #C91EB9

square

#C9831E #1EC92E #1E64C9 #C91EB9

split-complementary

#C9831E #1EB9C9 #2E1EC9

monochromatic

#5E3E0E #946016 #C9831E #E3A141 #EBBB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C9831E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#C9831E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9831E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9831E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9831E	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9831e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 131, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.136 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a765',
    500: '#c9831e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9831e;
$custom-light: #e0a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9831e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.439,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9831E

secondary

#7199D2

accent

#83F137

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9831E

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

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