#C9845E#C9845E

#C9845E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9845E
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 22.47, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 38.54, 54.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0653 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.1 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3611, 29.7311, 14.5165)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9845E #5EA3C9

analogous

#C95E6E #C9845E #C9B95E

triadic

#C9845E #5EC984 #845EC9

tetradic

#C9845E #6EC95E #5EA3C9 #B95EC9

square

#C9845E #6EC95E #5EA3C9 #B95EC9

split-complementary

#C9845E #5EC9B9 #5E6EC9

monochromatic

#814A2B #AF643B #C9845E #D8A78C #E8CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C9845E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C9845E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9845E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9845E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9845E	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9845e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda88c',
    500: '#c9845e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9845e;
$custom-light: #dda88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9845e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.308,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9845E

secondary

#ACC8D7

accent

#A8D94F

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9845E

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

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