#C9853A#C9853A

#C9853A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9853A
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 19.42, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 53.23, 68.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.051 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.122 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2411, 29.5011, 7.9458)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9853A #3A7EC9

analogous

#C93E3A #C9853A #C5C93A

triadic

#C9853A #3AC985 #853AC9

tetradic

#C9853A #3AC93E #3A7EC9 #C93AC5

square

#C9853A #3AC93E #3A7EC9 #C93AC5

split-complementary

#C9853A #3AC5C9 #3E3AC9

monochromatic

#6B461D #9B662B #C9853A #D6A36A #E3C09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C9853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9853A

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9853A	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea874',
    500: '#c9853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9853a;
$custom-light: #dea874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.469,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67286,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9853A

secondary

#90AECF

accent

#90E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9853A

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

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