#C9993B#C9993B

#C9993B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9993B
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 8.57, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 54.93, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0193 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.123 81)
XYZ	xyz(36.2703, 35.5184, 9.0822)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9993B #3B6BC9

analogous

#C9523B #C9993B #B2C93B

triadic

#C9993B #3BC999 #993BC9

tetradic

#C9993B #3BC952 #3B6BC9 #C93BB2

square

#C9993B #3BC952 #3B6BC9 #C93BB2

split-complementary

#C9993B #3BB2C9 #523BC9

monochromatic

#6C511E #9C762B #C9993B #D6B26B #E3CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C9993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C9993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9993B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9993B	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)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb676',
    500: '#c9993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9993b;
$custom-light: #deb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9993B

secondary

#90A6CF

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9993B

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

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