#C9964A#C9964A

#C9964A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9964A
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 74)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 11.09, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 47.97, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0287 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.111 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2319, 34.7272, 11.2720)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9964A #4A7DC9

analogous

#C9574A #C9964A #BDC94A

triadic

#C9964A #4AC996 #964AC9

tetradic

#C9964A #4AC957 #4A7DC9 #C94ABD

square

#C9964A #4AC957 #4A7DC9 #C94ABD

split-complementary

#C9964A #4ABDC9 #574AC9

monochromatic

#765423 #A57631 #C9964A #D7B179 #E5CDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C9964A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#C9964A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9964A

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9964A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9964A	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9964a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb47f',
    500: '#c9964a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9964a;
$custom-light: #ddb47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9964a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70699,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9964A

secondary

#9CB2D2

accent

#85DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9964A

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

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