#C9874B#C9874B

#C9874B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9874B
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 75)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 19.35, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 46.21, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0533 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.111 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0236, 30.2564, 10.7034)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9874B #4B8DC9

analogous

#C94B4E #C9874B #C9C64B

triadic

#C9874B #4BC987 #874BC9

tetradic

#C9874B #4EC94B #4B8DC9 #C64BC9

square

#C9874B #4EC94B #4B8DC9 #C64BC9

split-complementary

#C9874B #4BC9C6 #4B4EC9

monochromatic

#764B23 #A56932 #C9874B #D7A67A #E5C6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C9874B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#C9874B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9874B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9874B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9874B	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9874b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaa7f',
    500: '#c9874b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9874b;
$custom-light: #ddaa7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9874b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67849,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9874B

secondary

#9DB9D3

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9874B

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

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