#C9985F#C9985F

#C9985F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.095 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9985F
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 95)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(32, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 52.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 11.63, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 38.69, 72.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.033 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.095 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3830, 35.7027, 15.7466)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9985F #5F90C9

analogous

#C9635F #C9985F #C5C95F

triadic

#C9985F #5FC998 #985FC9

tetradic

#C9985F #5FC963 #5F90C9 #C95FC5

square

#C9985F #5FC963 #5F90C9 #C95FC5

split-complementary

#C9985F #5FC5C9 #635FC9

monochromatic

#825A2C #B07A3B #C9985F #D8B58D #E8D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C9985F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C9985F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9985F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9985F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9985F	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)

#A99A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9985f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.095 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb68d',
    500: '#c9985f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9985f;
$custom-light: #dcb68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9985f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.264,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9985F

secondary

#ADC0D7

accent

#8FD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9985F

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

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