#C9953E#C9953E

#C9953E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9953E
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 10.90, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 53.04, 78.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0265 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.12 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7066, 34.2629, 9.2893)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9953E #3E72C9

analogous

#C9503E #C9953E #B8C93E

triadic

#C9953E #3EC995 #953EC9

tetradic

#C9953E #3EC950 #3E72C9 #C93EB8

square

#C9953E #3EC950 #3E72C9 #C93EB8

split-complementary

#C9953E #3EB8C9 #503EC9

monochromatic

#6E501F #9E732C #C9953E #D6AF6E #E4CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C9953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C9953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9953E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9953E	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A99734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb477',
    500: '#c9953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9953e;
$custom-light: #deb477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9953E

secondary

#93AAD0

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9953E

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

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