#C9A234#C9A234

#C9A234 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A234
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 3.38, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 59.46, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0035 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.131 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6298, 38.5085, 8.6991)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A234 #345BC9

analogous

#C95734 #C9A234 #A6C934

triadic

#C9A234 #34C9A2 #A234C9

tetradic

#C9A234 #34C957 #345BC9 #C934A6

square

#C9A234 #34C957 #345BC9 #C934A6

split-complementary

#C9A234 #34A6C9 #5734C9

monochromatic

#68541B #987B27 #C9A234 #D7B963 #E3CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C9A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A234

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A234	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)

#B5A123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd73',
    500: '#c9a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a234;
$custom-light: #debd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A234

secondary

#8A9CCE

accent

#6FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A234

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

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