#C9874D#C9874D

#C9874D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9874D
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 77)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 19.49, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 45.36, 64.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.054 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.11 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0932, 30.2842, 11.0696)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9874D #4D8FC9

analogous

#C94D51 #C9874D #C9C54D

triadic

#C9874D #4DC987 #874DC9

tetradic

#C9874D #51C94D #4D8FC9 #C54DC9

square

#C9874D #51C94D #4D8FC9 #C54DC9

split-complementary

#C9874D #4DC9C5 #4D51C9

monochromatic

#774B24 #A66932 #C9874D #D7A77C #E5C6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C9874D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C9874D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9874D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9874D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9874D	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9874d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaa80',
    500: '#c9874d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9874d;
$custom-light: #ddaa80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9874d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67875,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9874D

secondary

#9FBBD3

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9874D

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

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