#C9A077#C9A077

#C9A077 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A077
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 119)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 40.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 9.69, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 28.81, 70.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0297 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.074 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9893, 38.8931, 22.8500)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A077 #77A0C9

analogous

#C97777 #C9A077 #C9C977

triadic

#C9A077 #77C9A0 #A077C9

tetradic

#C9A077 #77C977 #77A0C9 #C977C9

square

#C9A077 #77C977 #77A0C9 #C977C9

split-complementary

#C9A077 #77C9C9 #7777C9

monochromatic

#8D6338 #B8814B #C9A077 #DABFA3 #ECDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A077 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C9A077 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A077

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A077	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A077	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a077;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc9e',
    500: '#c9a077',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a077;
$custom-light: #dbbc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a077",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.07371,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A077

secondary

#BFCEDD

accent

#73B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A077

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

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