#C9844D#C9844D

#C9844D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9844D
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 77)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 21.13, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 45.34, 62.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0589 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.111 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6805, 29.4588, 10.9320)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9844D #4D92C9

analogous

#C94D54 #C9844D #C9C24D

triadic

#C9844D #4DC984 #844DC9

tetradic

#C9844D #54C94D #4D92C9 #C24DC9

square

#C9844D #54C94D #4D92C9 #C24DC9

split-complementary

#C9844D #4DC9C2 #4D54C9

monochromatic

#774924 #A66632 #C9844D #D7A47C #E5C5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9844D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C9844D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9844D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9844D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9844D	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)

#998A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9844d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda880',
    500: '#c9844d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9844d;
$custom-light: #dda880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9844d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.613,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67321,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9844D

secondary

#9FBCD3

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9844D

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

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