#C9844A#C9844A

#C9844A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9844A
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 74)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 20.92, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 46.59, 63.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0578 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.113 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5770, 29.4174, 10.3870)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9844A #4A8FC9

analogous

#C94A50 #C9844A #C9C44A

triadic

#C9844A #4AC984 #844AC9

tetradic

#C9844A #50C94A #4A8FC9 #C44AC9

square

#C9844A #50C94A #4A8FC9 #C44AC9

split-complementary

#C9844A #4AC9C4 #4A50C9

monochromatic

#764923 #A56631 #C9844A #D7A479 #E5C4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9844A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C9844A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9844A

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9844A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9844A	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)

#998A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9844a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea87e',
    500: '#c9844a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9844a;
$custom-light: #dea87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9844a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.402,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67282,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9844A

secondary

#9CBAD2

accent

#9ADD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9844A

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

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