#C9A033#C9A033

#C9A033 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A033
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 4.41, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 59.41, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0063 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.131 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2580, 37.8006, 8.4652)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A033 #335CC9

analogous

#C95533 #C9A033 #A7C933

triadic

#C9A033 #33C9A0 #A033C9

tetradic

#C9A033 #33C955 #335CC9 #C933A7

square

#C9A033 #33C955 #335CC9 #C933A7

split-complementary

#C9A033 #33A7C9 #5533C9

monochromatic

#67521A #987927 #C9A033 #D7B762 #E4CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C9A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C9A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A033

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A033	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)

#B39F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb72',
    500: '#c9a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a033;
$custom-light: #debb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A033

secondary

#899CCF

accent

#70E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A033

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

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