#C9862D#C9862D

#C9862D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9862D
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 18.29, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 58.30, 71.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0459 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.129 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0887, 29.6602, 6.4645)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9862D #2D70C9

analogous

#C9382D #C9862D #BEC92D

triadic

#C9862D #2DC986 #862DC9

tetradic

#C9862D #2DC938 #2D70C9 #C92DBE

square

#C9862D #2DC938 #2D70C9 #C92DBE

split-complementary

#C9862D #2DBEC9 #382DC9

monochromatic

#654317 #976522 #C9862D #DAA359 #E5BF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C9862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9862D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9862D	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)

#9C8B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa96c',
    500: '#c9862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9862d;
$custom-light: #dfa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.231,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67361,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9862D

secondary

#83A4CF

accent

#88E641

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9862D

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

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