#C9844E#C9844E

#C9844E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9844E
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 21.20, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 44.93, 61.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0593 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.11 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7161, 29.4731, 11.1194)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9844E #4E93C9

analogous

#C94E56 #C9844E #C9C14E

triadic

#C9844E #4EC984 #844EC9

tetradic

#C9844E #56C94E #4E93C9 #C14EC9

square

#C9844E #56C94E #4E93C9 #C14EC9

split-complementary

#C9844E #4EC9C1 #4E56C9

monochromatic

#784925 #A76633 #C9844E #D7A57D #E6C5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9844E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C9844E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9844E

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9844E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9844E	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)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9844e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda881',
    500: '#c9844e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9844e;
$custom-light: #dda881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9844e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.341,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67335,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9844E

secondary

#9FBDD3

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9844E

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

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