#C9852E#C9852E

#C9852E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.129 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9852E
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 18.87, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 57.89, 70.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0477 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.129 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9706, 29.3929, 6.5212)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9852E #2E72C9

analogous

#C9372E #C9852E #BFC92E

triadic

#C9852E #2EC985 #852EC9

tetradic

#C9852E #2EC937 #2E72C9 #C92EBF

square

#C9852E #2EC937 #2E72C9 #C92EBF

split-complementary

#C9852E #2EBFC9 #372EC9

monochromatic

#654317 #976423 #C9852E #D9A25B #E5BE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C9852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9852E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9852E	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)

#9C8A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.129 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa86d',
    500: '#c9852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9852e;
$custom-light: #dfa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.677,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67182,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9852E

secondary

#84A5CF

accent

#8AE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9852E

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

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