#C9A230#C9A230

#C9A230 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A230
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 3.20, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 60.94, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0025 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.133 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5435, 38.4740, 8.2445)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A230 #3057C9

analogous

#C95630 #C9A230 #A4C930

triadic

#C9A230 #30C9A2 #A230C9

tetradic

#C9A230 #30C956 #3057C9 #C930A4

square

#C9A230 #30C956 #3057C9 #C930A4

split-complementary

#C9A230 #30A4C9 #5630C9

monochromatic

#665218 #987A24 #C9A230 #D8B95E #E4CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C9A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A230

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A230	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd71',
    500: '#c9a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a230;
$custom-light: #debd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A230

secondary

#8699CF

accent

#6CE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A230

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

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