#C9835A#C9835A

#C9835A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9835A
RGB	rgb(201, 131, 90)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 22.68, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 40.14, 55.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0654 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.103 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0513, 29.3912, 13.5506)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9835A #5AA0C9

analogous

#C95A69 #C9835A #C9BB5A

triadic

#C9835A #5AC983 #835AC9

tetradic

#C9835A #69C95A #5AA0C9 #BB5AC9

square

#C9835A #69C95A #5AA0C9 #BB5AC9

split-complementary

#C9835A #5AC9BB #5A69C9

monochromatic

#7F492A #AD6439 #C9835A #D8A688 #E7C8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9835A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C9835A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9835A

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9835A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9835A	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9835a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 131, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda789',
    500: '#c9835a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9835a;
$custom-light: #dda789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9835a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.162,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9835A

secondary

#A9C5D6

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9835A

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

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