#C9983B#C9983B

#C9983B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9983B
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 9.11, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 54.76, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0209 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.123 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1073, 35.1924, 9.0279)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9983B #3B6CC9

analogous

#C9513B #C9983B #B3C93B

triadic

#C9983B #3BC998 #983BC9

tetradic

#C9983B #3BC951 #3B6CC9 #C93BB3

square

#C9983B #3BC951 #3B6CC9 #C93BB3

split-complementary

#C9983B #3BB3C9 #513BC9

monochromatic

#6C511E #9C752B #C9983B #D6B16B #E3CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C9983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C9983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9983B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9983B	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)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb676',
    500: '#c9983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9983b;
$custom-light: #deb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9983B

secondary

#90A6CF

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9983B

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

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