#C9853B#C9853B

#C9853B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9853B
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 19.48, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 52.83, 68.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0513 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.122 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2668, 29.5114, 8.0811)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9853B #3B7FC9

analogous

#C93E3B #C9853B #C6C93B

triadic

#C9853B #3BC985 #853BC9

tetradic

#C9853B #3BC93E #3B7FC9 #C93BC6

square

#C9853B #3BC93E #3B7FC9 #C93BC6

split-complementary

#C9853B #3BC6C9 #3E3BC9

monochromatic

#6C461E #9C662B #C9853B #D6A36B #E3C19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C9853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9853B

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9853B	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)

#9B8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea874',
    500: '#c9853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9853b;
$custom-light: #dea874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.268,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67295,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9853B

secondary

#90AFCF

accent

#91E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9853B

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

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