#C9987F#C9987F

#C9987F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.069 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9987F
RGB	rgb(201, 152, 127)
HSL	hsl(20, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 37%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 36.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 14.98, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 25.21, 53.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0459 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.069 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1476, 36.4085, 25.0401)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9987F #7FB0C9

analogous

#C97F8B #C9987F #C9BD7F

triadic

#C9987F #7FC998 #987FC9

tetradic

#C9987F #8BC97F #7FB0C9 #BD7FC9

square

#C9987F #8BC97F #7FB0C9 #BD7FC9

split-complementary

#C9987F #7FC9BD #7F8BC9

monochromatic

#91593D #B77554 #C9987F #DBBBAA #EDDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C9987F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C9987F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9987F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9987F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9987F	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9987f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 152, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.069 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb6a4',
    500: '#c9987f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9987f;
$custom-light: #dbb6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9987f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.27,
    "s": 40.659,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9987F

secondary

#C5D6DF

accent

#88B432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9987F

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

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