#C9843B#C9843B

#C9843B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.122 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9843B
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 20.02, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 52.80, 67.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0529 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.122 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1305, 29.2388, 8.0356)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9843B #3B80C9

analogous

#C93D3B #C9843B #C7C93B

triadic

#C9843B #3BC984 #843BC9

tetradic

#C9843B #3BC93D #3B80C9 #C93BC7

square

#C9843B #3BC93D #3B80C9 #C93BC7

split-complementary

#C9843B #3BC7C9 #3D3BC9

monochromatic

#6C461E #9C652B #C9843B #D6A26B #E3C09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C9843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C9843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9843B

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9843B	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.122 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea874',
    500: '#c9843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9843b;
$custom-light: #dea874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.845,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6711,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9843B

secondary

#90AFCF

accent

#92E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9843B

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

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