#C9983F#C9983F

#C9983F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9983F
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 9.33, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 53.09, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.022 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.12 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2151, 35.2355, 9.5954)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9983F #3F70C9

analogous

#C9533F #C9983F #B5C93F

triadic

#C9983F #3FC998 #983FC9

tetradic

#C9983F #3FC953 #3F70C9 #C93FB5

square

#C9983F #3FC953 #3F70C9 #C93FB5

split-complementary

#C9983F #3FB5C9 #533FC9

monochromatic

#6F521F #9E762D #C9983F #D6B26F #E4CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C9983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C9983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9983F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9983F	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb678',
    500: '#c9983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9983f;
$custom-light: #deb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70975,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9983F

secondary

#94A9D0

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9983F

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

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