#C9953B#C9953B

#C9953B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9953B
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 10.74, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 54.29, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0256 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.122 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6266, 34.2309, 8.8677)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9953B #3B6FC9

analogous

#C94E3B #C9953B #B6C93B

triadic

#C9953B #3BC995 #953BC9

tetradic

#C9953B #3BC94E #3B6FC9 #C93BB6

square

#C9953B #3BC94E #3B6FC9 #C93BB6

split-complementary

#C9953B #3BB6C9 #4E3BC9

monochromatic

#6C4F1E #9C732B #C9953B #D6AF6B #E3C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C9953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C9953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9953B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9953B	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb476',
    500: '#c9953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9953b;
$custom-light: #deb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9953B

secondary

#90A7CF

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9953B

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

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