#C9973C#C9973C

#C9973C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9973C
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 9.71, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 54.18, 79.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0228 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.122 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9719, 34.8796, 9.1119)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9973C #3C6EC9

analogous

#C9503C #C9973C #B5C93C

triadic

#C9973C #3CC997 #973CC9

tetradic

#C9973C #3CC950 #3C6EC9 #C93CB5

square

#C9973C #3CC950 #3C6EC9 #C93CB5

split-complementary

#C9973C #3CB5C9 #503CC9

monochromatic

#6D511E #9C742B #C9973C #D6B16C #E4CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C9973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C9973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9973C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9973C	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb576',
    500: '#c9973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9973c;
$custom-light: #deb576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9973C

secondary

#91A7D0

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9973C

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

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