#C9873D#C9873D

#C9873D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9873D
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 61)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 18.49, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 52.09, 69.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0487 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.12 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5961, 30.0854, 8.4517)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9873D #3D7FC9

analogous

#C9413D #C9873D #C5C93D

triadic

#C9873D #3DC987 #873DC9

tetradic

#C9873D #3DC941 #3D7FC9 #C93DC5

square

#C9873D #3DC941 #3D7FC9 #C93DC5

split-complementary

#C9873D #3DC5C9 #413DC9

monochromatic

#6D481E #9D682C #C9873D #D6A56D #E4C29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C9873D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#C9873D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9873D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9873D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9873D	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9873d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaa76',
    500: '#c9873d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9873d;
$custom-light: #deaa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9873d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67688,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9873D

secondary

#92AFD0

accent

#90E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9873D

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

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