#C9965C#C9965C

#C9965C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9965C
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 92)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 12.46, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 39.81, 71.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0351 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.097 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9274, 35.0054, 14.9349)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9965C #5C8FC9

analogous

#C9605C #C9965C #C5C95C

triadic

#C9965C #5CC996 #965CC9

tetradic

#C9965C #5CC960 #5C8FC9 #C95CC5

square

#C9965C #5CC960 #5C8FC9 #C95CC5

split-complementary

#C9965C #5CC5C9 #605CC9

monochromatic

#80582A #AE783A #C9965C #D8B48A #E7D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C9965C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C9965C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9965C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9965C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9965C	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A79957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9965c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48b',
    500: '#c9965c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9965c;
$custom-light: #dcb48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9965c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.927,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9965C

secondary

#AABFD6

accent

#8FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9965C

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

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