#C9953C#C9953C

#C9953C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9953C
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 10.80, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 53.87, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0259 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.121 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6527, 34.2414, 9.0056)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9953C #3C70C9

analogous

#C94E3C #C9953C #B7C93C

triadic

#C9953C #3CC995 #953CC9

tetradic

#C9953C #3CC94E #3C70C9 #C93CB7

square

#C9953C #3CC94E #3C70C9 #C93CB7

split-complementary

#C9953C #3CB7C9 #4E3CC9

monochromatic

#6D501E #9C732B #C9953C #D6AF6C #E4C99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C9953C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C9953C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9953C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9953C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9953C	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)

#A99731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9953c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb476',
    500: '#c9953c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9953c;
$custom-light: #deb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9953c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9953C

secondary

#91A8D0

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9953C

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

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