#C9953D#C9953D

#C9953D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9953D
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 10.85, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 53.46, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0262 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.121 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6794, 34.2520, 9.1461)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9953D #3D71C9

analogous

#C94F3D #C9953D #B7C93D

triadic

#C9953D #3DC995 #953DC9

tetradic

#C9953D #3DC94F #3D71C9 #C93DB7

square

#C9953D #3DC94F #3D71C9 #C93DB7

split-complementary

#C9953D #3DB7C9 #4F3DC9

monochromatic

#6D501E #9D732C #C9953D #D6AF6D #E4C99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C9953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C9953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9953D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9953D	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)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb477',
    500: '#c9953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9953d;
$custom-light: #deb477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9953D

secondary

#92A9D0

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9953D

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

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