#C9974C#C9974C

#C9974C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9974C
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 76)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 62.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 10.68, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 47.23, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0278 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.11 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4606, 35.0751, 11.6859)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9974C #4C7EC9

analogous

#C9594C #C9974C #BDC94C

triadic

#C9974C #4CC997 #974CC9

tetradic

#C9974C #4CC959 #4C7EC9 #C94CBD

square

#C9974C #4CC959 #4C7EC9 #C94CBD

split-complementary

#C9974C #4CBDC9 #594CC9

monochromatic

#775624 #A67732 #C9974C #D7B27B #E5CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C9974C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C9974C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9974C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9974C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9974C	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)

#AA9945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9974c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb580',
    500: '#c9974c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9974c;
$custom-light: #ddb580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9974c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9974C

secondary

#9EB3D3

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9974C

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

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