#C9A148#C9A148

#C9A148 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A148
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 5.00, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 50.95, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0106 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.117 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0040, 38.3775, 11.5355)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A148 #4870C9

analogous

#C96048 #C9A148 #B0C948

triadic

#C9A148 #48C9A1 #A148C9

tetradic

#C9A148 #48C960 #4870C9 #C948B0

square

#C9A148 #48C960 #4870C9 #C948B0

split-complementary

#C9A148 #48B0C9 #6048C9

monochromatic

#745B22 #A48030 #C9A148 #D7B977 #E5D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C9A148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A148

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A148	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)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc7e',
    500: '#c9a148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a148;
$custom-light: #ddbc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A148

secondary

#9BACD2

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A148

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

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