#C9943C#C9943C

#C9943C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9943C
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 11.34, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 53.73, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0275 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.121 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4952, 33.9263, 8.9530)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9943C #3C71C9

analogous

#C94D3C #C9943C #B7C93C

triadic

#C9943C #3CC994 #943CC9

tetradic

#C9943C #3CC94D #3C71C9 #C93CB7

square

#C9943C #3CC94D #3C71C9 #C93CB7

split-complementary

#C9943C #3CB7C9 #4D3CC9

monochromatic

#6D4F1E #9C722B #C9943C #D6AE6C #E4C99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C9943C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C9943C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9943C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9943C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9943C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9943c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb376',
    500: '#c9943c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9943c;
$custom-light: #deb376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9943c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9943C

secondary

#91A9D0

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9943C

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

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