#C9845C#C9845C

#C9845C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.101 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9845C
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 92)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 22.30, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 39.31, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0645 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.101 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2725, 29.6956, 14.0499)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9845C #5CA1C9

analogous

#C95C6B #C9845C #C9BA5C

triadic

#C9845C #5CC984 #845CC9

tetradic

#C9845C #6BC95C #5CA1C9 #BA5CC9

square

#C9845C #6BC95C #5CA1C9 #BA5CC9

split-complementary

#C9845C #5CC9BA #5C6BC9

monochromatic

#804A2A #AE643A #C9845C #D8A78A #E7C9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9845C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#C9845C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9845C

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9845C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9845C	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9845c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.101 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda88b',
    500: '#c9845c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9845c;
$custom-light: #dda88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9845c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.018,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67548,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9845C

secondary

#AAC6D6

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9845C

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

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