#C9A235#C9A235

#C9A235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A235
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 3.42, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 59.08, 86.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0037 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.13 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6525, 38.5177, 8.8189)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A235 #355CC9

analogous

#C95835 #C9A235 #A6C935

triadic

#C9A235 #35C9A2 #A235C9

tetradic

#C9A235 #35C958 #355CC9 #C935A6

square

#C9A235 #35C958 #355CC9 #C935A6

split-complementary

#C9A235 #35A6C9 #5835C9

monochromatic

#68541B #997B28 #C9A235 #D6B865 #E3CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C9A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A235

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A235	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)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd73',
    500: '#c9a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a235;
$custom-light: #debd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7289,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A235

secondary

#8B9DCE

accent

#6FE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A235

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

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