#C9845F#C9845F

#C9845F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9845F
RGB	rgb(201, 132, 95)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 52.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 22.56, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 38.17, 53.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0657 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.1 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4062, 29.7491, 14.7543)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9845F #5FA4C9

analogous

#C95F6F #C9845F #C9B95F

triadic

#C9845F #5FC984 #845FC9

tetradic

#C9845F #6FC95F #5FA4C9 #B95FC9

square

#C9845F #6FC95F #5FA4C9 #B95FC9

split-complementary

#C9845F #5FC9B9 #5F6FC9

monochromatic

#824A2C #B0643B #C9845F #D8A78D #E8CABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C9845F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C9845F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9845F

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9845F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9845F	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)

#978B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9845f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 132, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda88d',
    500: '#c9845f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9845f;
$custom-light: #dda88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9845f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67599,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9845F

secondary

#ADC8D7

accent

#A9D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9845F

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

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