#C9874F#C9874F

#C9874F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.109 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9874F
RGB	rgb(201, 135, 79)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 19.63, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 44.52, 63.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0547 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.109 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1649, 30.3129, 11.4472)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9874F #4F91C9

analogous

#C94F54 #C9874F #C9C44F

triadic

#C9874F #4FC987 #874FC9

tetradic

#C9874F #54C94F #4F91C9 #C44FC9

square

#C9874F #54C94F #4F91C9 #C44FC9

split-complementary

#C9874F #4FC9C4 #4F54C9

monochromatic

#794B25 #A76933 #C9874F #D7A77E #E6C7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C9874F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C9874F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9874F

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9874F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9874F	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#9B8D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9874f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 135, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.109 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaa82',
    500: '#c9874f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9874f;
$custom-light: #ddaa82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9874f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.541,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67902,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9874F

secondary

#A0BCD4

accent

#9ADC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9874F

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

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