#C9874C#C9874C

#C9874C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9874C
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 76)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 62.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 19.42, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 45.79, 64.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0536 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.111 61)
XYZ	xyz(34.0581, 30.2702, 10.8851)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9874C #4C8EC9

analogous

#C94C50 #C9874C #C9C64C

triadic

#C9874C #4CC987 #874CC9

tetradic

#C9874C #50C94C #4C8EC9 #C64CC9

square

#C9874C #50C94C #4C8EC9 #C64CC9

split-complementary

#C9874C #4CC9C6 #4C50C9

monochromatic

#774B24 #A66932 #C9874C #D7A77B #E5C6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C9874C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#C9874C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9874C

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9874C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9874C	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)

#9B8D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9874c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaa80',
    500: '#c9874c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9874c;
$custom-light: #ddaa80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9874c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.32,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.30267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9874C

secondary

#9EBAD3

accent

#98DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9874C

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

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