#C9A03E#C9A03E

#C9A03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A03E
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 4.95, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 55.05, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0092 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.124 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5299, 37.9094, 9.8970)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A03E #3E67C9

analogous

#C95B3E #C9A03E #ADC93E

triadic

#C9A03E #3EC9A0 #A03EC9

tetradic

#C9A03E #3EC95B #3E67C9 #C93EAD

square

#C9A03E #3EC95B #3E67C9 #C93EAD

split-complementary

#C9A03E #3EADC9 #5B3EC9

monochromatic

#6E571F #9E7C2C #C9A03E #D6B86E #E4CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C9A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C9A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A03E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A03E	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb78',
    500: '#c9a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a03e;
$custom-light: #ddbb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7256,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A03E

secondary

#93A5D0

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A03E

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

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