#C9872D#C9872D

#C9872D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.129 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9872D
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 17.74, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 58.35, 72.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0443 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.129 70)
XYZ	xyz(33.2276, 29.9379, 6.5108)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9872D #2D6FC9

analogous

#C9392D #C9872D #BDC92D

triadic

#C9872D #2DC987 #872DC9

tetradic

#C9872D #2DC939 #2D6FC9 #C92DBD

square

#C9872D #2DC939 #2D6FC9 #C92DBD

split-complementary

#C9872D #2DBDC9 #392DC9

monochromatic

#654417 #976522 #C9872D #DAA359 #E5BF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C9872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C9872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9872D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9872D	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)

#9D8B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa6c',
    500: '#c9872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9872d;
$custom-light: #dfaa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67548,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.29935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9872D

secondary

#83A3CF

accent

#87E641

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9872D

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

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