#C9914D#C9914D

#C9914D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9914D
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 77)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 14.02, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 45.99, 72.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0378 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.109 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5545, 33.2068, 11.5567)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9914D #4D85C9

analogous

#C9534D #C9914D #C3C94D

triadic

#C9914D #4DC991 #914DC9

tetradic

#C9914D #4DC953 #4D85C9 #C94DC3

square

#C9914D #4DC953 #4D85C9 #C94DC3

split-complementary

#C9914D #4DC3C9 #534DC9

monochromatic

#775224 #A67232 #C9914D #D7AE7C #E5CBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C9914D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#C9914D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9914D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9914D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9914D	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9914d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb181',
    500: '#c9914d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9914d;
$custom-light: #ddb181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9914d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69766,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9914D

secondary

#9FB6D3

accent

#8DDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9914D

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

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