#C9987C#C9987C

#C9987C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.071 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9987C
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 124)
HSL	hsl(22, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 38.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 14.62, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 26.30, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0446 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.071 51)
XYZ	xyz(38.9550, 36.3315, 24.0257)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9987C #7CADC9

analogous

#C97C86 #C9987C #C9BE7C

triadic

#C9987C #7CC998 #987CC9

tetradic

#C9987C #86C97C #7CADC9 #BE7CC9

square

#C9987C #86C97C #7CADC9 #BE7CC9

split-complementary

#C9987C #7CC9BE #7C86C9

monochromatic

#8F5A3B #B77651 #C9987C #DBBAA7 #EDDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C9987C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C9987C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9987C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9987C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9987C	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9987c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.071 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb6a2',
    500: '#c9987c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9987c;
$custom-light: #dbb6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9987c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 41.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9987C

secondary

#C3D4DE

accent

#85B531

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9987C

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

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