#C9A149#C9A149

#C9A149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A149
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 5.07, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 50.51, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0109 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.116 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0369, 38.3907, 11.7087)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A149 #4971C9

analogous

#C96149 #C9A149 #B1C949

triadic

#C9A149 #49C9A1 #A149C9

tetradic

#C9A149 #49C961 #4971C9 #C949B1

square

#C9A149 #49C961 #4971C9 #C949B1

split-complementary

#C9A149 #49B1C9 #6149C9

monochromatic

#755B23 #A48031 #C9A149 #D7B978 #E5D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C9A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A149

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A149	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc7f',
    500: '#c9a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a149;
$custom-light: #ddbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72869,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A149

secondary

#9CADD2

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A149

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

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