#C9862A#C9862A

#C9862A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.131 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9862A
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 18.17, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 59.37, 72.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0452 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.131 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0330, 29.6379, 6.1710)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9862A #2A6DC9

analogous

#C9372A #C9862A #BCC92A

triadic

#C9862A #2AC986 #862AC9

tetradic

#C9862A #2AC937 #2A6DC9 #C92ABC

square

#C9862A #2AC937 #2A6DC9 #C92ABC

split-complementary

#C9862A #2ABCC9 #372AC9

monochromatic

#644315 #96641F #C9862A #DBA355 #E6BE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C9862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9862A

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9862A	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa96b',
    500: '#c9862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9862a;
$custom-light: #dfa96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.717,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9862A

secondary

#7FA1D0

accent

#87E83F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9862A

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

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