#C9936E#C9936E

#C9936E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.083 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9936E
RGB	rgb(201, 147, 110)
HSL	hsl(24, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 15.80, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 31.77, 60.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0471 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.083 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3372, 34.4132, 19.4247)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9936E #6EA4C9

analogous

#C96E76 #C9936E #C9C16E

triadic

#C9936E #6EC993 #936EC9

tetradic

#C9936E #76C96E #6EA4C9 #C16EC9

square

#C9936E #76C96E #6EA4C9 #C16EC9

split-complementary

#C9936E #6EC9C1 #6E76C9

monochromatic

#895633 #B67244 #C9936E #DAB49B #EAD5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C9936E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#C9936E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9936E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9936E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9936E	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9936e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 147, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.083 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb298',
    500: '#c9936e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9936e;
$custom-light: #dcb298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9936e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.396,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9936E

secondary

#B8CDDB

accent

#80B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9936E

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

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