#C9862B#C9862B

#C9862B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.130 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9862B
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 18.21, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 59.02, 72.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0454 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.13 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0511, 29.6452, 6.2665)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9862B #2B6EC9

analogous

#C9372B #C9862B #BDC92B

triadic

#C9862B #2BC986 #862BC9

tetradic

#C9862B #2BC937 #2B6EC9 #C92BBD

square

#C9862B #2BC937 #2B6EC9 #C92BBD

split-complementary

#C9862B #2BBDC9 #372BC9

monochromatic

#644315 #976420 #C9862B #DBA356 #E6BE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C9862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9862B

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9862B	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)

#9D8B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.130 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa96b',
    500: '#c9862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9862b;
$custom-light: #dfa96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.557,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67347,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9862B

secondary

#80A2CF

accent

#87E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9862B

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

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