#C9984F#C9984F

#C9984F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9984F
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 79)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 10.35, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 46.03, 77.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0272 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.108 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7290, 35.4411, 12.3019)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9984F #4F80C9

analogous

#C95B4F #C9984F #BDC94F

triadic

#C9984F #4FC998 #984FC9

tetradic

#C9984F #4FC95B #4F80C9 #C94FBD

square

#C9984F #4FC95B #4F80C9 #C94FBD

split-complementary

#C9984F #4FBDC9 #5B4FC9

monochromatic

#795725 #A77933 #C9984F #D7B37E #E6CFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C9984F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C9984F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9984F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9984F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9984F	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9984f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb682',
    500: '#c9984f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9984f;
$custom-light: #ddb682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9984f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9984F

secondary

#A0B5D4

accent

#86DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9984F

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

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