#C9872B#C9872B

#C9872B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9872B
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 17.67, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 59.07, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0438 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.13 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1900, 29.9229, 6.3128)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9872B #2B6DC9

analogous

#C9382B #C9872B #BCC92B

triadic

#C9872B #2BC987 #872BC9

tetradic

#C9872B #2BC938 #2B6DC9 #C92BBC

square

#C9872B #2BC938 #2B6DC9 #C92BBC

split-complementary

#C9872B #2BBCC9 #382BC9

monochromatic

#644315 #976520 #C9872B #DBA456 #E6BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C9872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C9872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9872B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9872B	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa6b',
    500: '#c9872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9872b;
$custom-light: #dfaa6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.937,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67534,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9872B

secondary

#80A1CF

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9872B

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

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