#C9836E#C9836E

#C9836E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.092 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9836E
RGB	rgb(201, 131, 110)
HSL	hsl(14, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 24.56, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 33.29, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0734 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.092 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0199, 29.7787, 18.6523)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9836E #6EB4C9

analogous

#C96E86 #C9836E #C9B06E

triadic

#C9836E #6EC983 #836EC9

tetradic

#C9836E #86C96E #6EB4C9 #B06EC9

square

#C9836E #86C96E #6EB4C9 #B06EC9

split-complementary

#C9836E #6EC9B0 #6E86C9

monochromatic

#894733 #B65E44 #C9836E #DAA99B #EACFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C9836E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C9836E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9836E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9836E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9836E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9836e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 131, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.092 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca797',
    500: '#c9836e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9836e;
$custom-light: #dca797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9836e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67703,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9836E

secondary

#B8D3DB

accent

#99B92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#150F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9836E

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

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