#C9963A#C9963A

#C9963A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9963A
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 58)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 10.15, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 54.85, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0238 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.123 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7598, 34.5384, 8.7853)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9963A #3A6DC9

analogous

#C94E3A #C9963A #B5C93A

triadic

#C9963A #3AC996 #963AC9

tetradic

#C9963A #3AC94E #3A6DC9 #C93AB5

square

#C9963A #3AC94E #3A6DC9 #C93AB5

split-complementary

#C9963A #3AB5C9 #4E3AC9

monochromatic

#6B4F1D #9B732B #C9963A #D6B06A #E3C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C9963A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C9963A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9963A

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9963A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9963A	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9963a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb475',
    500: '#c9963a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9963a;
$custom-light: #deb475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9963a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.601,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9963A

secondary

#90A6CF

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9963A

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

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