#C9853D#C9853D

#C9853D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.121 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9853D
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 19.58, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 52.01, 67.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0519 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.121 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3197, 29.5325, 8.3595)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9853D #3D81C9

analogous

#C93F3D #C9853D #C7C93D

triadic

#C9853D #3DC985 #853DC9

tetradic

#C9853D #3DC93F #3D81C9 #C93DC7

square

#C9853D #3DC93F #3D81C9 #C93DC7

split-complementary

#C9853D #3DC7C9 #3F3DC9

monochromatic

#6D471E #9D662C #C9853D #D6A36D #E4C19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C9853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9853D

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9853D	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.121 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea876',
    500: '#c9853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9853d;
$custom-light: #dea876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9853D

secondary

#92B0D0

accent

#92E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9853D

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

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