#C9983C#C9983C

#C9983C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9983C
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 9.17, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 54.34, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0212 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.122 80)
XYZ	xyz(36.1335, 35.2029, 9.1658)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9983C #3C6DC9

analogous

#C9513C #C9983C #B3C93C

triadic

#C9983C #3CC998 #983CC9

tetradic

#C9983C #3CC951 #3C6DC9 #C93CB3

square

#C9983C #3CC951 #3C6DC9 #C93CB3

split-complementary

#C9983C #3CB3C9 #513CC9

monochromatic

#6D511E #9C752B #C9983C #D6B16C #E4CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C9983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C9983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9983C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9983C	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)

#AC9931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb676',
    500: '#c9983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9983c;
$custom-light: #deb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9983C

secondary

#91A7D0

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9983C

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

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