#C9A233#C9A233

#C9A233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A233
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 3.33, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 59.84, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0032 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.132 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6075, 38.4996, 8.5817)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A233 #335AC9

analogous

#C95733 #C9A233 #A5C933

triadic

#C9A233 #33C9A2 #A233C9

tetradic

#C9A233 #33C957 #335AC9 #C933A5

square

#C9A233 #33C957 #335AC9 #C933A5

split-complementary

#C9A233 #33A5C9 #5733C9

monochromatic

#67531A #987B27 #C9A233 #D7B962 #E4CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C9A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A233

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A233	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)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd72',
    500: '#c9a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a233;
$custom-light: #debd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A233

secondary

#899BCF

accent

#6EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A233

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

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