#C9844F#C9844F

#C9844F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9844F
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 79)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 21.27, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 44.52, 61.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0596 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.11 57)
XYZ	xyz(33.7522, 29.4875, 11.3097)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9844F #4F94C9

analogous

#C94F57 #C9844F #C9C14F

triadic

#C9844F #4FC984 #844FC9

tetradic

#C9844F #57C94F #4F94C9 #C14FC9

square

#C9844F #57C94F #4F94C9 #C14FC9

split-complementary

#C9844F #4FC9C1 #4F57C9

monochromatic

#794925 #A76633 #C9844F #D7A57E #E6C5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9844F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C9844F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9844F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9844F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9844F	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9844f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda882',
    500: '#c9844f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9844f;
$custom-light: #dda882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9844f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.066,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.29485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9844F

secondary

#A0BDD4

accent

#9DDC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9844F

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

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