#C9A050#C9A050

#C9A050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9A050
RGBrgb(201, 160, 80)
HSLhsl(40, 53%, 55%)
HSVhsv(40, 60%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.4%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.12, 6.09, 46.70)
CIE-LCHlch(68.12, 47.10, 82.57°)
OKLaboklab(72.75% 0.0148 0.1086)
OKLCHoklch(72.75% 0.11 82.2)
XYZxyz(38.1081, 38.1407, 12.9426)
Luminance0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9A050 #5079C9
analogous
#C96350 #C9A050 #B6C950
triadic
#C9A050 #50C9A0 #A050C9
tetradic
#C9A050 #50C963 #5079C9 #C950B6
square
#C9A050 #50C963 #5079C9 #C950B6
split-complementary
#C9A050 #50B6C9 #6350C9
monochromatic
#795D25 #A88134 #C9A050 #D7B97F #E6D3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#C9A050 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63
#C9A050 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A050
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9A050#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9A0501.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A048
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9938E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 82.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb84',
    500: '#c9a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9a050;
$custom-light: #ddbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9A050
secondary
#A1B2D4
accent
#7DDC4C
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FBF6EF
border
#D4D0CA
text
#15110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A050

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#C9A050 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva