#C9984D#C9984D

#C9984D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9984D
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 77)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 10.21, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 46.93, 77.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0265 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.11 76)
XYZ	xyz(36.6573, 35.4124, 11.9243)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9984D #4D7EC9

analogous

#C95A4D #C9984D #BCC94D

triadic

#C9984D #4DC998 #984DC9

tetradic

#C9984D #4DC95A #4D7EC9 #C94DBC

square

#C9984D #4DC95A #4D7EC9 #C94DBC

split-complementary

#C9984D #4DBCC9 #5A4DC9

monochromatic

#775724 #A67932 #C9984D #D7B37C #E5CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9984D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C9984D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9984D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9984D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9984D	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9984d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb681',
    500: '#c9984d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9984d;
$custom-light: #ddb681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9984d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.3541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9984D

secondary

#9FB3D3

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9984D

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

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