#C9986A#C9986A

#C9986A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.085 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986A
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 106)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 47.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 12.66, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 33.73, 67.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0373 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.085 64)
XYZ	xyz(37.9188, 35.9170, 18.5683)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986A #6A9BC9

analogous

#C96A6B #C9986A #C9C86A

triadic

#C9986A #6AC998 #986AC9

tetradic

#C9986A #6BC96A #6A9BC9 #C86AC9

square

#C9986A #6BC96A #6A9BC9 #C86AC9

split-complementary

#C9986A #6AC9C8 #6A6BC9

monochromatic

#875B31 #B47941 #C9986A #D9B797 #EAD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C9986A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C9986A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986A	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.085 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb695',
    500: '#c9986a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986a;
$custom-light: #dcb695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.053,
    "s": 46.798,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71555,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.35915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986A

secondary

#B5C8DA

accent

#75BA2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986A

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

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