#C9973A#C9973A

#C9973A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9973A
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 58)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 9.60, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 55.00, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0222 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.123 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9200, 34.8589, 8.8387)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9973A #3A6CC9

analogous

#C94F3A #C9973A #B3C93A

triadic

#C9973A #3AC997 #973AC9

tetradic

#C9973A #3AC94F #3A6CC9 #C93AB3

square

#C9973A #3AC94F #3A6CC9 #C93AB3

split-complementary

#C9973A #3AB3C9 #4F3AC9

monochromatic

#6B501D #9B742B #C9973A #D6B06A #E3CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C9973A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#C9973A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9973A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9973A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9973A	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9973a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb575',
    500: '#c9973a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9973a;
$custom-light: #deb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9973a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70732,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9973A

secondary

#90A6CF

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9973A

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

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