#C9986C#C9986C

#C9986C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.083 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986C
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 108)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 46.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 12.87, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 32.84, 66.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0381 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.083 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0240, 35.9591, 19.1225)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986C #6C9DC9

analogous

#C96C6E #C9986C #C9C66C

triadic

#C9986C #6CC998 #986CC9

tetradic

#C9986C #6EC96C #6C9DC9 #C66CC9

square

#C9986C #6EC96C #6C9DC9 #C66CC9

split-complementary

#C9986C #6CC9C6 #6C6EC9

monochromatic

#885B32 #B57943 #C9986C #D9B799 #EAD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9986C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C9986C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986C

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986C	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.083 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb696',
    500: '#c9986c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986c;
$custom-light: #dbb696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.387,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986C

secondary

#B7C9DA

accent

#77B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986C

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

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