#C9986E#C9986E

#C9986E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.082 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986E
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 110)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 13.07, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.97, 65.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0389 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.082 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1317, 36.0021, 19.6895)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986E #6E9FC9

analogous

#C96E71 #C9986E #C9C56E

triadic

#C9986E #6EC998 #986EC9

tetradic

#C9986E #71C96E #6E9FC9 #C56EC9

square

#C9986E #71C96E #6E9FC9 #C56EC9

split-complementary

#C9986E #6EC9C5 #6E71C9

monochromatic

#895B33 #B67944 #C9986E #DAB89B #EAD7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9986E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C9986E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986E	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)

#A79B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.082 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb698',
    500: '#c9986e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986e;
$custom-light: #dbb698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71627,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986E

secondary

#B8CBDB

accent

#78B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986E

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

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