#C9A134#C9A134

#C9A134 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A134
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 3.91, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 59.25, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.005 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.131 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4543, 38.1576, 8.6406)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A134 #345CC9

analogous

#C95734 #C9A134 #A6C934

triadic

#C9A134 #34C9A1 #A134C9

tetradic

#C9A134 #34C957 #345CC9 #C934A6

square

#C9A134 #34C957 #345CC9 #C934A6

split-complementary

#C9A134 #34A6C9 #5734C9

monochromatic

#68531B #987A27 #C9A134 #D7B863 #E3CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C9A134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C9A134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A134

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A134	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc73',
    500: '#c9a134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a134;
$custom-light: #debc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A134

secondary

#8A9DCE

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A134

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

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