#C9A232#C9A232

#C9A232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A232
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 3.29, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 60.21, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.003 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.132 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5857, 38.4909, 8.4668)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A232 #3259C9

analogous

#C95732 #C9A232 #A5C932

triadic

#C9A232 #32C9A2 #A232C9

tetradic

#C9A232 #32C957 #3259C9 #C932A5

square

#C9A232 #32C957 #3259C9 #C932A5

split-complementary

#C9A232 #32A5C9 #5732C9

monochromatic

#67531A #987B26 #C9A232 #D8B961 #E4CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C9A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A232

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A232	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)

#B5A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd72',
    500: '#c9a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a232;
$custom-light: #debd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A232

secondary

#889ACF

accent

#6EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A232

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

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