#C9873E#C9873E

#C9873E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9873E
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 18.55, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 51.68, 68.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.049 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.12 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6233, 30.0962, 8.5948)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9873E #3E80C9

analogous

#C9423E #C9873E #C5C93E

triadic

#C9873E #3EC987 #873EC9

tetradic

#C9873E #3EC942 #3E80C9 #C93EC5

square

#C9873E #3EC942 #3E80C9 #C93EC5

split-complementary

#C9873E #3EC5C9 #423EC9

monochromatic

#6E481F #9E682C #C9873E #D6A56E #E4C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C9873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#C9873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9873E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9873E	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)

#9C8C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaa76',
    500: '#c9873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9873e;
$custom-light: #deaa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9873E

secondary

#93B0D0

accent

#90E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9873E

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

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