#C9915E#C9915E

#C9915E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9915E
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 94)
HSL	hsl(29, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 15.36, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 38.46, 66.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.044 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.096 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2351, 33.4791, 15.1411)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9915E #5E96C9

analogous

#C95E61 #C9915E #C9C65E

triadic

#C9915E #5EC991 #915EC9

tetradic

#C9915E #61C95E #5E96C9 #C65EC9

square

#C9915E #61C95E #5E96C9 #C65EC9

split-complementary

#C9915E #5EC9C6 #5E61C9

monochromatic

#81542B #AF723B #C9915E #D8B08C #E8D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C9915E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#C9915E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9915E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9915E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9915E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3955A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9915e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb18c',
    500: '#c9915e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9915e;
$custom-light: #dcb18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9915e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.598,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9915E

secondary

#ACC2D7

accent

#97D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5F0

border

#D4CFCB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9915E

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

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