#C9A036#C9A036

#C9A036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A036
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 4.54, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 58.27, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.007 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.129 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3263, 37.8279, 8.8249)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A036 #365FC9

analogous

#C95636 #C9A036 #A9C936

triadic

#C9A036 #36C9A0 #A036C9

tetradic

#C9A036 #36C956 #365FC9 #C936A9

square

#C9A036 #36C956 #365FC9 #C936A9

split-complementary

#C9A036 #36A9C9 #5636C9

monochromatic

#69531C #997A29 #C9A036 #D6B766 #E3CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C9A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C9A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A036

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A036	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#c9a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a036;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A036

secondary

#8C9FCE

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A036

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

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