#C9973D#C9973D

#C9973D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9973D
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 9.76, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 53.76, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.023 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.121 79)
XYZ	xyz(35.9986, 34.8903, 9.2525)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9973D #3D6FC9

analogous

#C9513D #C9973D #B5C93D

triadic

#C9973D #3DC997 #973DC9

tetradic

#C9973D #3DC951 #3D6FC9 #C93DB5

square

#C9973D #3DC951 #3D6FC9 #C93DB5

split-complementary

#C9973D #3DB5C9 #513DC9

monochromatic

#6D511E #9D752C #C9973D #D6B16D #E4CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C9973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C9973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9973D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9973D	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)

#AB9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb577',
    500: '#c9973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9973d;
$custom-light: #deb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70759,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.34888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9973D

secondary

#92A8D0

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9973D

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

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