#C9A174#C9A174

#C9A174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.077 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A174
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 42.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 8.81, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 30.33, 73.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0269 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.077 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9860, 39.1703, 21.9741)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A174 #749CC9

analogous

#C97774 #C9A174 #C6C974

triadic

#C9A174 #74C9A1 #A174C9

tetradic

#C9A174 #74C977 #749CC9 #C974C6

square

#C9A174 #74C977 #749CC9 #C974C6

split-complementary

#C9A174 #74C6C9 #7774C9

monochromatic

#8C6436 #B88348 #C9A174 #DABFA0 #EBDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C9A174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A174

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A174	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.077 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc9c',
    500: '#c9a174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a174;
$custom-light: #dbbc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A174

secondary

#BDCBDC

accent

#6FB72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A174

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

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