#C9974F#C9974F

#C9974F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9974F
RGB	rgb(201, 151, 79)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 10.89, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 45.87, 76.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0288 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.108 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5674, 35.1178, 12.2481)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9974F #4F81C9

analogous

#C95A4F #C9974F #BEC94F

triadic

#C9974F #4FC997 #974FC9

tetradic

#C9974F #4FC95A #4F81C9 #C94FBE

square

#C9974F #4FC95A #4F81C9 #C94FBE

split-complementary

#C9974F #4FBEC9 #5A4FC9

monochromatic

#795625 #A77833 #C9974F #D7B37E #E6CEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C9974F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C9974F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9974F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9974F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9974F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9974f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 151, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb582',
    500: '#c9974f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9974f;
$custom-light: #ddb582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9974f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9974F

secondary

#A0B5D4

accent

#87DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9974F

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

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