#C9854D#C9854D

#C9854D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9854D
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 77)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 20.58, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 45.34, 63.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0573 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.111 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8167, 29.7313, 10.9775)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9854D #4D91C9

analogous

#C94D53 #C9854D #C9C34D

triadic

#C9854D #4DC985 #854DC9

tetradic

#C9854D #53C94D #4D91C9 #C34DC9

square

#C9854D #53C94D #4D91C9 #C34DC9

split-complementary

#C9854D #4DC9C3 #4D53C9

monochromatic

#774A24 #A66732 #C9854D #D7A57C #E5C5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C9854D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C9854D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9854D

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9854D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9854D	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9854d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda880',
    500: '#c9854d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9854d;
$custom-light: #dda880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9854d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9854D

secondary

#9FBBD3

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9854D

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

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