#C9835D#C9835D

#C9835D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.101 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9835D
RGB	rgb(201, 131, 93)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 53.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 22.93, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 39.00, 53.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0666 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.101 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1815, 29.4433, 14.2367)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9835D #5DA3C9

analogous

#C95D6D #C9835D #C9B95D

triadic

#C9835D #5DC983 #835DC9

tetradic

#C9835D #6DC95D #5DA3C9 #B95DC9

square

#C9835D #6DC95D #5DA3C9 #B95DC9

split-complementary

#C9835D #5DC9B9 #5D6DC9

monochromatic

#81492B #AF633A #C9835D #D8A68B #E8C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9835D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C9835D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9835D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9835D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9835D	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9835d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 131, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.101 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda78b',
    500: '#c9835d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9835d;
$custom-light: #dda78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9835d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67383,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9835D

secondary

#ABC7D7

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9835D

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

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