#C9A151#C9A151

#C9A151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A151
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 5.62, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 46.86, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0136 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.109 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3194, 38.5037, 13.1966)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A151 #5179C9

analogous

#C96551 #C9A151 #B5C951

triadic

#C9A151 #51C9A1 #A151C9

tetradic

#C9A151 #51C965 #5179C9 #C951B5

square

#C9A151 #51C965 #5179C9 #C951B5

split-complementary

#C9A151 #51B5C9 #6551C9

monochromatic

#7A5E26 #A98234 #C9A151 #D7BA80 #E6D3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C9A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A151

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A151	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc84',
    500: '#c9a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a151;
$custom-light: #dcbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72961,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A151

secondary

#A2B3D4

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A151

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

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