#C9963B#C9963B

#C9963B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9963B
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 10.20, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 54.44, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.024 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.122 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7854, 34.5487, 8.9206)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9963B #3B6EC9

analogous

#C94F3B #C9963B #B5C93B

triadic

#C9963B #3BC996 #963BC9

tetradic

#C9963B #3BC94F #3B6EC9 #C93BB5

square

#C9963B #3BC94F #3B6EC9 #C93BB5

split-complementary

#C9963B #3BB5C9 #4F3BC9

monochromatic

#6C501E #9C732B #C9963B #D6B06B #E3C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C9963B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C9963B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9963B

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9963B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9963B	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)

#AA9730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9963b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb476',
    500: '#c9963b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9963b;
$custom-light: #deb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9963b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9963B

secondary

#90A7CF

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9963B

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

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