#C9862C#C9862C

#C9862C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.130 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9862C
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 18.25, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 58.66, 71.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0457 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.13 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0697, 29.6526, 6.3643)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9862C #2C6FC9

analogous

#C9372C #C9862C #BDC92C

triadic

#C9862C #2CC986 #862CC9

tetradic

#C9862C #2CC937 #2C6FC9 #C92CBD

square

#C9862C #2CC937 #2C6FC9 #C92CBD

split-complementary

#C9862C #2CBDC9 #372CC9

monochromatic

#654316 #976521 #C9862C #DAA358 #E5BE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C9862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9862C

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9862C	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)

#9C8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.130 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa96c',
    500: '#c9862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9862c;
$custom-light: #dfa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.395,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9862C

secondary

#82A3CF

accent

#88E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9862C

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

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