#C9852C#C9852C

#C9852C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.130 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9852C
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 18.80, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 58.62, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0473 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.13 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9321, 29.3775, 6.3184)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9852C #2C70C9

analogous

#C9372C #C9852C #BEC92C

triadic

#C9852C #2CC985 #852CC9

tetradic

#C9852C #2CC937 #2C70C9 #C92CBE

square

#C9852C #2CC937 #2C70C9 #C92CBE

split-complementary

#C9852C #2CBEC9 #372CC9

monochromatic

#654316 #976421 #C9852C #DAA258 #E5BE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#C9852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9852C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9852C	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.130 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa86c',
    500: '#c9852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9852c;
$custom-light: #dfa86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.013,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9852C

secondary

#82A3CF

accent

#89E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9852C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →