#C9871D#C9871D

#C9871D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.136 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9871D
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 29)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 17.23, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 63.53, 74.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.041 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.136 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9758, 29.8372, 5.1846)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9871D #1D5FC9

analogous

#C9311D #C9871D #B5C91D

triadic

#C9871D #1DC987 #871DC9

tetradic

#C9871D #1DC931 #1D5FC9 #C91DB5

square

#C9871D #1DC931 #1D5FC9 #C91DB5

split-complementary

#C9871D #1DB5C9 #311DC9

monochromatic

#5E3F0E #946315 #C9871D #E3A540 #EBBE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C9871D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#C9871D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9871D

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9871D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9871D	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9871d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.136 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa965',
    500: '#c9871d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9871d;
$custom-light: #dfa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9871d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.977,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67453,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9871D

secondary

#7095D2

accent

#7EF136

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9871D

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

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