#C9A130#C9A130

#C9A130 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A130
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 48)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 3.74, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 60.72, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0041 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.133 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3680, 38.1231, 8.1861)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A130 #3058C9

analogous

#C95530 #C9A130 #A5C930

triadic

#C9A130 #30C9A1 #A130C9

tetradic

#C9A130 #30C955 #3058C9 #C930A5

square

#C9A130 #30C955 #3058C9 #C930A5

split-complementary

#C9A130 #30A5C9 #5530C9

monochromatic

#665218 #987924 #C9A130 #D8B85E #E4CE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A130 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C9A130 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A130

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A130	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A130	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a130;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc71',
    500: '#c9a130',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a130;
$custom-light: #debc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a130",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A130

secondary

#8699CF

accent

#6DE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A130

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

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