#C9872C#C9872C

#C9872C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9872C
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 17.70, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 58.71, 72.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0441 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.13 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2085, 29.9303, 6.4106)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9872C #2C6EC9

analogous

#C9382C #C9872C #BCC92C

triadic

#C9872C #2CC987 #872CC9

tetradic

#C9872C #2CC938 #2C6EC9 #C92CBC

square

#C9872C #2CC938 #2C6EC9 #C92CBC

split-complementary

#C9872C #2CBCC9 #382CC9

monochromatic

#654416 #976521 #C9872C #DAA358 #E5BF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C9872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C9872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9872C

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9872C	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa6c',
    500: '#c9872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9872c;
$custom-light: #dfaa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67541,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9872C

secondary

#82A2CF

accent

#87E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9872C

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

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