#C9A044#C9A044

#C9A044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A044
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 5.29, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 52.49, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0109 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.119 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7037, 37.9789, 10.8125)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A044 #446DC9

analogous

#C95D44 #C9A044 #AFC944

triadic

#C9A044 #44C9A0 #A044C9

tetradic

#C9A044 #44C95D #446DC9 #C944AF

square

#C9A044 #44C95D #446DC9 #C944AF

split-complementary

#C9A044 #44AFC9 #5D44C9

monochromatic

#725921 #A17E2F #C9A044 #D7B873 #E4D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C9A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A044

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A044	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7c',
    500: '#c9a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a044;
$custom-light: #ddbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A044

secondary

#98A9D1

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A044

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

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