#C9A047#C9A047

#C9A047 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A047
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 5.48, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 51.17, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0119 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.117 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7976, 38.0165, 11.3071)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A047 #4770C9

analogous

#C95F47 #C9A047 #B1C947

triadic

#C9A047 #47C9A0 #A047C9

tetradic

#C9A047 #47C95F #4770C9 #C947B1

square

#C9A047 #47C95F #4770C9 #C947B1

split-complementary

#C9A047 #47B1C9 #5F47C9

monochromatic

#745A22 #A37F30 #C9A047 #D7B876 #E5D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C9A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A047

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A047	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)

#B2A03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb7e',
    500: '#c9a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a047;
$custom-light: #ddbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A047

secondary

#9AACD2

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A047

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

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