#C9993A#C9993A

#C9993A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9993A
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 8.52, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 55.33, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.019 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.124 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2446, 35.5081, 8.9469)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9993A #3A6AC9

analogous

#C9513A #C9993A #B1C93A

triadic

#C9993A #3AC999 #993AC9

tetradic

#C9993A #3AC951 #3A6AC9 #C93AB1

square

#C9993A #3AC951 #3A6AC9 #C93AB1

split-complementary

#C9993A #3AB1C9 #513AC9

monochromatic

#6B511D #9B752B #C9993A #D6B26A #E3CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C9993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C9993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9993A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9993A	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb675',
    500: '#c9993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9993a;
$custom-light: #deb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9993A

secondary

#90A5CF

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9993A

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

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