#C9A043#C9A043

#C9A043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A043
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 5.23, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 52.92, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0106 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.12 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6734, 37.9668, 10.6532)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A043 #436CC9

analogous

#C95D43 #C9A043 #AFC943

triadic

#C9A043 #43C9A0 #A043C9

tetradic

#C9A043 #43C95D #436CC9 #C943AF

square

#C9A043 #43C95D #436CC9 #C943AF

split-complementary

#C9A043 #43AFC9 #5D43C9

monochromatic

#715820 #A17E2E #C9A043 #D7B873 #E4D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C9A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A043

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A043	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7b',
    500: '#c9a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a043;
$custom-light: #ddbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A043

secondary

#97A9D1

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A043

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

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