#C9965E#C9965E

#C9965E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9965E
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 94)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(31, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 12.63, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 38.90, 71.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0359 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.095 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0160, 35.0409, 15.4014)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9965E #5E91C9

analogous

#C9615E #C9965E #C6C95E

triadic

#C9965E #5EC996 #965EC9

tetradic

#C9965E #5EC961 #5E91C9 #C95EC6

square

#C9965E #5EC961 #5E91C9 #C95EC6

split-complementary

#C9965E #5EC6C9 #615EC9

monochromatic

#81582B #AF783B #C9965E #D8B48C #E8D2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C9965E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C9965E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9965E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9965E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9965E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9965e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48d',
    500: '#c9965e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9965e;
$custom-light: #dcb48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9965e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9965E

secondary

#ACC0D7

accent

#91D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9965E

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

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