#C9993C#C9993C

#C9993C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9993C
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 8.62, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 54.51, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0196 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.122 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2965, 35.5288, 9.2201)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9993C #3C6CC9

analogous

#C9523C #C9993C #B3C93C

triadic

#C9993C #3CC999 #993CC9

tetradic

#C9993C #3CC952 #3C6CC9 #C93CB3

square

#C9993C #3CC952 #3C6CC9 #C93CB3

split-complementary

#C9993C #3CB3C9 #523CC9

monochromatic

#6D521E #9C762B #C9993C #D6B26C #E4CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C9993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C9993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9993C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9993C	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb677',
    500: '#c9993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9993c;
$custom-light: #deb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9993C

secondary

#91A6D0

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9993C

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

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