#C9A145#C9A145

#C9A145 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A145
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 4.81, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 52.27, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0097 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.119 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9085, 38.3393, 11.0326)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A145 #456DC9

analogous

#C95F45 #C9A145 #AFC945

triadic

#C9A145 #45C9A1 #A145C9

tetradic

#C9A145 #45C95F #456DC9 #C945AF

square

#C9A145 #45C95F #456DC9 #C945AF

split-complementary

#C9A145 #45AFC9 #5F45C9

monochromatic

#725A21 #A27F2F #C9A145 #D7B974 #E5D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C9A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A145

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A145	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc7d',
    500: '#c9a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a145;
$custom-light: #ddbc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A145

secondary

#98AAD1

accent

#77DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A145

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

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