#C9983A#C9983A

#C9983A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9983A
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 58)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 9.06, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 55.17, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0206 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.123 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0816, 35.1821, 8.8926)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9983A #3A6BC9

analogous

#C9513A #C9983A #B2C93A

triadic

#C9983A #3AC998 #983AC9

tetradic

#C9983A #3AC951 #3A6BC9 #C93AB2

square

#C9983A #3AC951 #3A6BC9 #C93AB2

split-complementary

#C9983A #3AB2C9 #513AC9

monochromatic

#6B511D #9B752B #C9983A #D6B16A #E3CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C9983A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C9983A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9983A

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9983A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9983A	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9983a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb675',
    500: '#c9983a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9983a;
$custom-light: #deb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9983a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9983A

secondary

#90A5CF

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9983A

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

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