#C9855A#C9855A

#C9855A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9855A
RGB	rgb(201, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 21.59, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 40.03, 57.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0621 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.102 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3225, 29.9336, 13.6410)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9855A #5A9EC9

analogous

#C95A67 #C9855A #C9BC5A

triadic

#C9855A #5AC985 #855AC9

tetradic

#C9855A #67C95A #5A9EC9 #BC5AC9

square

#C9855A #67C95A #5A9EC9 #BC5AC9

split-complementary

#C9855A #5AC9BC #5A67C9

monochromatic

#7F4B2A #AD6639 #C9855A #D8A788 #E7C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C9855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C9855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9855A

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9855A	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda889',
    500: '#c9855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9855a;
$custom-light: #dda889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.243,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9855A

secondary

#A9C4D6

accent

#A4DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9855A

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

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