#C9852F#C9852F

#C9852F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.128 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9852F
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(34, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 18.91, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 57.52, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.048 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.128 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9906, 29.4009, 6.6262)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9852F #2F73C9

analogous

#C9382F #C9852F #C0C92F

triadic

#C9852F #2FC985 #852FC9

tetradic

#C9852F #2FC938 #2F73C9 #C92FC0

square

#C9852F #2FC938 #2F73C9 #C92FC0

split-complementary

#C9852F #2FC0C9 #382FC9

monochromatic

#664318 #976423 #C9852F #D9A25C #E5BE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C9852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#C9852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9852F

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9852F	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)

#9B8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.128 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa86d',
    500: '#c9852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9852f;
$custom-light: #dfa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.506,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6719,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9852F

secondary

#85A6CF

accent

#8AE543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9852F

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

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