#C9A030#C9A030

#C9A030 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A030
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 4.28, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 60.52, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0056 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.132 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1940, 37.7750, 8.1280)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A030 #3059C9

analogous

#C95430 #C9A030 #A6C930

triadic

#C9A030 #30C9A0 #A030C9

tetradic

#C9A030 #30C954 #3059C9 #C930A6

square

#C9A030 #30C954 #3059C9 #C930A6

split-complementary

#C9A030 #30A6C9 #5430C9

monochromatic

#665118 #987924 #C9A030 #D8B85E #E4CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C9A030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C9A030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A030

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A030	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb71',
    500: '#c9a030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a030;
$custom-light: #debb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A030

secondary

#869ACF

accent

#6EE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A030

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

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