#C9873B#C9873B

#C9873B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9873B
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 18.38, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 52.91, 69.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0481 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.122 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5432, 30.0642, 8.1732)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9873B #3B7DC9

analogous

#C9403B #C9873B #C4C93B

triadic

#C9873B #3BC987 #873BC9

tetradic

#C9873B #3BC940 #3B7DC9 #C93BC4

square

#C9873B #3BC940 #3B7DC9 #C93BC4

split-complementary

#C9873B #3BC4C9 #403BC9

monochromatic

#6C481E #9C672B #C9873B #D6A46B #E3C29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C9873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C9873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9873B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9873B	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaa75',
    500: '#c9873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9873b;
$custom-light: #deaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.113,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67668,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9873B

secondary

#90AECF

accent

#8FE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9873B

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

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