#C9854B#C9854B

#C9854B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9854B
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 75)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 20.44, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 46.18, 63.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0566 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.112 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7472, 29.7035, 10.6113)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9854B #4B8FC9

analogous

#C94B50 #C9854B #C9C44B

triadic

#C9854B #4BC985 #854BC9

tetradic

#C9854B #50C94B #4B8FC9 #C44BC9

square

#C9854B #50C94B #4B8FC9 #C44BC9

split-complementary

#C9854B #4BC9C4 #4B50C9

monochromatic

#764A23 #A56732 #C9854B #D7A57A #E5C5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9854B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#C9854B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9854B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9854B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9854B	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9854b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea87f',
    500: '#c9854b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9854b;
$custom-light: #dea87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9854b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67479,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9854B

secondary

#9DBAD3

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9854B

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

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