#C9986D#C9986D

#C9986D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.083 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986D
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 109)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 12.97, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 32.41, 66.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0385 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.083 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0775, 35.9805, 19.4044)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986D #6D9EC9

analogous

#C96D70 #C9986D #C9C66D

triadic

#C9986D #6DC998 #986DC9

tetradic

#C9986D #70C96D #6D9EC9 #C66DC9

square

#C9986D #70C96D #6D9EC9 #C66DC9

split-complementary

#C9986D #6DC9C6 #6D70C9

monochromatic

#895B33 #B67943 #C9986D #DAB89A #EAD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9986D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C9986D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986D	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.083 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb697',
    500: '#c9986d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986d;
$custom-light: #dbb697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.043,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986D

secondary

#B7CADA

accent

#77B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986D

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

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