#C9852D#C9852D

#C9852D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.129 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9852D
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 18.83, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 58.26, 71.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0475 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.129 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9511, 29.3851, 6.4186)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9852D #2D71C9

analogous

#C9372D #C9852D #BFC92D

triadic

#C9852D #2DC985 #852DC9

tetradic

#C9852D #2DC937 #2D71C9 #C92DBF

square

#C9852D #2DC937 #2D71C9 #C92DBF

split-complementary

#C9852D #2DBFC9 #372DC9

monochromatic

#654317 #976422 #C9852D #DAA259 #E5BE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C9852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9852D

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9852D	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.129 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa86c',
    500: '#c9852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9852d;
$custom-light: #dfa86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67174,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9852D

secondary

#83A4CF

accent

#89E641

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9852D

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

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