#C9862E#C9862E

#C9862E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9862E
RGB	rgb(201, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 18.33, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 57.93, 71.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0461 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.129 69)
XYZ	xyz(33.1082, 29.6680, 6.5671)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9862E #2E71C9

analogous

#C9392E #C9862E #BEC92E

triadic

#C9862E #2EC986 #862EC9

tetradic

#C9862E #2EC939 #2E71C9 #C92EBE

square

#C9862E #2EC939 #2E71C9 #C92EBE

split-complementary

#C9862E #2EBEC9 #392EC9

monochromatic

#654417 #976523 #C9862E #D9A35B #E5BF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C9862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C9862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9862E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9862E	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)

#9C8B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa96d',
    500: '#c9862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9862e;
$custom-light: #dfa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67368,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.29665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9862E

secondary

#84A4CF

accent

#89E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9862E

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

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