#C9986F#C9986F

#C9986F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.081 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9986F
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 111)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 13.18, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 31.54, 65.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0393 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.081 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1864, 36.0240, 19.9779)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9986F #6FA0C9

analogous

#C96F73 #C9986F #C9C56F

triadic

#C9986F #6FC998 #986FC9

tetradic

#C9986F #73C96F #6FA0C9 #C56FC9

square

#C9986F #73C96F #6FA0C9 #C56FC9

split-complementary

#C9986F #6FC9C5 #6F73C9

monochromatic

#8A5B34 #B67844 #C9986F #DAB89C #EAD8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9986F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C9986F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9986F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9986F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9986F	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)

#A79B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9986f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.081 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb698',
    500: '#c9986f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9986f;
$custom-light: #dbb698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9986f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.333,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9986F

secondary

#B9CBDB

accent

#79B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9986F

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

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