#C9A032#C9A032

#C9A032 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A032
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 4.36, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 59.79, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0061 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.131 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2362, 37.7919, 8.3503)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A032 #325BC9

analogous

#C95532 #C9A032 #A6C932

triadic

#C9A032 #32C9A0 #A032C9

tetradic

#C9A032 #32C955 #325BC9 #C932A6

square

#C9A032 #32C955 #325BC9 #C932A6

split-complementary

#C9A032 #32A6C9 #5532C9

monochromatic

#67521A #987926 #C9A032 #D8B761 #E4CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C9A032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C9A032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A032

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A032	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb72',
    500: '#c9a032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a032;
$custom-light: #debb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A032

secondary

#889BCF

accent

#70E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A032

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

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