#C9853C#C9853C

#C9853C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.121 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9853C
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 19.53, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 52.42, 68.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0516 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.121 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2930, 29.5218, 8.2190)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9853C #3C80C9

analogous

#C93E3C #C9853C #C6C93C

triadic

#C9853C #3CC985 #853CC9

tetradic

#C9853C #3CC93E #3C80C9 #C93CC6

square

#C9853C #3CC93E #3C80C9 #C93CC6

split-complementary

#C9853C #3CC6C9 #3E3CC9

monochromatic

#6D471E #9C662B #C9853C #D6A36C #E4C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C9853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9853C

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9853C	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)

#9B8A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.121 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea875',
    500: '#c9853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9853c;
$custom-light: #dea875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9853C

secondary

#91AFD0

accent

#91E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9853C

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

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