#C9A140#C9A140

#C9A140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A140
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 4.52, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 54.43, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0082 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.123 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7598, 38.2798, 10.2494)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A140 #4068C9

analogous

#C95D40 #C9A140 #ACC940

triadic

#C9A140 #40C9A1 #A140C9

tetradic

#C9A140 #40C95D #4068C9 #C940AC

square

#C9A140 #40C95D #4068C9 #C940AC

split-complementary

#C9A140 #40ACC9 #5D40C9

monochromatic

#6F581F #9F7E2D #C9A140 #D6B870 #E4D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C9A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C9A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A140

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A140	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc7a',
    500: '#c9a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a140;
$custom-light: #ddbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A140

secondary

#94A6D0

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A140

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

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