#C9853F#C9853F

#C9853F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9853F
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 63)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 19.69, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 51.19, 67.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0525 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.119 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3745, 29.5545, 8.6485)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9853F #3F83C9

analogous

#C9403F #C9853F #C8C93F

triadic

#C9853F #3FC985 #853FC9

tetradic

#C9853F #3FC940 #3F83C9 #C93FC8

square

#C9853F #3FC940 #3F83C9 #C93FC8

split-complementary

#C9853F #3FC8C9 #403FC9

monochromatic

#6F471F #9E662D #C9853F #D6A36F #E4C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9853F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C9853F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9853F

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9853F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9853F	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)

#9B8B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9853f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea877',
    500: '#c9853f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9853f;
$custom-light: #dea877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9853f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.435,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9853F

secondary

#94B1D0

accent

#93DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9853F

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

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