#C9A045#C9A045

#C9A045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A045
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 5.35, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 52.05, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0112 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.118 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7345, 37.9912, 10.9746)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A045 #456EC9

analogous

#C95E45 #C9A045 #B0C945

triadic

#C9A045 #45C9A0 #A045C9

tetradic

#C9A045 #45C95E #456EC9 #C945B0

square

#C9A045 #45C95E #456EC9 #C945B0

split-complementary

#C9A045 #45B0C9 #5E45C9

monochromatic

#725921 #A27E2F #C9A045 #D7B874 #E5D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C9A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A045

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A045	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)

#B2A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7d',
    500: '#c9a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a045;
$custom-light: #ddbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A045

secondary

#98AAD1

accent

#78DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A045

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

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