#C9964E#C9964E

#C9964E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9964E
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 11.37, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 46.17, 75.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.03 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.108 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3710, 34.7829, 12.0044)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9964E #4E81C9

analogous

#C9594E #C9964E #BFC94E

triadic

#C9964E #4EC996 #964EC9

tetradic

#C9964E #4EC959 #4E81C9 #C94EBF

square

#C9964E #4EC959 #4E81C9 #C94EBF

split-complementary

#C9964E #4EBFC9 #594EC9

monochromatic

#785525 #A77733 #C9964E #D7B27D #E6CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C9964E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C9964E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9964E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9964E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9964E	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9964e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb482',
    500: '#c9964e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9964e;
$custom-light: #ddb482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9964e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9964E

secondary

#9FB5D3

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9964E

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

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