#C9965B#C9965B

#C9965B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9965B
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 91)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 54.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 12.38, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 40.26, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0348 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.098 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8840, 34.9881, 14.7062)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9965B #5B8EC9

analogous

#C95F5B #C9965B #C5C95B

triadic

#C9965B #5BC996 #965BC9

tetradic

#C9965B #5BC95F #5B8EC9 #C95BC5

square

#C9965B #5BC95F #5B8EC9 #C95BC5

split-complementary

#C9965B #5BC5C9 #5F5BC9

monochromatic

#80582A #AE7839 #C9965B #D8B389 #E7D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C9965B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C9965B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9965B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9965B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9965B	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9965b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48a',
    500: '#c9965b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9965b;
$custom-light: #dcb48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9965b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9965B

secondary

#AABED6

accent

#8FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9965B

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

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