#C9963C#C9963C

#C9963C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9963C
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 10.25, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 54.02, 79.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0243 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.122 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8116, 34.5591, 9.0585)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9963C #3C6FC9

analogous

#C94F3C #C9963C #B5C93C

triadic

#C9963C #3CC996 #963CC9

tetradic

#C9963C #3CC94F #3C6FC9 #C93CB5

square

#C9963C #3CC94F #3C6FC9 #C93CB5

split-complementary

#C9963C #3CB5C9 #4F3CC9

monochromatic

#6D501E #9C742B #C9963C #D6B06C #E4CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C9963C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C9963C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9963C

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9963C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9963C	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AA9731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9963c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb476',
    500: '#c9963c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9963c;
$custom-light: #deb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9963c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9963C

secondary

#91A8D0

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9963C

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

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