#C9861D#C9861D

#C9861D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.136 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9861D
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 29)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 17.77, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 63.49, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0426 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.136 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8369, 29.5595, 5.1383)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9861D #1D60C9

analogous

#C9301D #C9861D #B6C91D

triadic

#C9861D #1DC986 #861DC9

tetradic

#C9861D #1DC930 #1D60C9 #C91DB6

square

#C9861D #1DC930 #1D60C9 #C91DB6

split-complementary

#C9861D #1DB6C9 #301DC9

monochromatic

#5E3F0E #946215 #C9861D #E3A440 #EBBD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C9861D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C9861D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9861D

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9861D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9861D	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)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9861d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.136 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a965',
    500: '#c9861d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9861d;
$custom-light: #e0a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9861d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.628,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67265,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9861D

secondary

#7096D2

accent

#7FF136

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9861D

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

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