#C9985E#C9985E

#C9985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.095 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9985E
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 11.54, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 39.15, 72.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0327 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.095 70)
XYZ	xyz(37.3379, 35.6846, 15.5087)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9985E #5E8FC9

analogous

#C9625E #C9985E #C5C95E

triadic

#C9985E #5EC998 #985EC9

tetradic

#C9985E #5EC962 #5E8FC9 #C95EC5

square

#C9985E #5EC962 #5E8FC9 #C95EC5

split-complementary

#C9985E #5EC5C9 #625EC9

monochromatic

#815A2B #AF7A3B #C9985E #D8B58C #E8D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C9985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C9985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9985E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9985E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.095 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb68d',
    500: '#c9985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9985e;
$custom-light: #dcb68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.523,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.35682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9985E

secondary

#ACC0D7

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9985E

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

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