#C9A137#C9A137

#C9A137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A137
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 4.05, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 58.09, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0057 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.129 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5241, 38.1855, 9.0078)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A137 #375FC9

analogous

#C95837 #C9A137 #A8C937

triadic

#C9A137 #37C9A1 #A137C9

tetradic

#C9A137 #37C958 #375FC9 #C937A8

square

#C9A137 #37C958 #375FC9 #C937A8

split-complementary

#C9A137 #37A8C9 #5837C9

monochromatic

#69541C #997B29 #C9A137 #D6B867 #E3CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C9A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C9A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A137

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A137	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc74',
    500: '#c9a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a137;
$custom-light: #debc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A137

secondary

#8D9FCF

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A137

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

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